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BBC Comedy Collective and BBC Comedy Grants launched
The BBC has launched the BBC Comedy Collective, a collection of bursary schemes for writers, producers and directors. It has also announced BBC Comedy Grants, funding to increase access opportunity in comedy.
British Comedy Guide, 19th December 2022Bob Mortimer wants more Gone Fishing after Norwegian Christmas special
Bob Mortimer says that he and Paul Whitehouse want to keep making their Gone Fishing show until the BBC cancel it, ahead of a Christmas special which sees the pair leave Britain's riverbanks for the waters of Norway.
British Comedy Guide, 29th November 2022The Love Box in Your Living Room review
Great gags but you need a BBC history degree to get them all.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 28th October 2022The Love Box In Your Living Room review
Harry and Paul toast the Beeb with a roast.
Carol Midgley, The Times, 28th October 2022The Love Box in Your Living Room review
Cultural vandal Nadine Dorries's laughable attempts at free-market broadcasting this week might be the best advert for maintaining the licence fee, but the surprisingly heart-warming conclusion to this bitingly funny hour comes a close second. We'll miss the BBC when it's gone... and this excellent programme is just one more reason why.
Chortle, 27th October 2022The Love Box in Your Living Room review
Spectacular silliness from Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse
Rebecca Nicholson, The Guardian, 27th October 2022The Love Box In Your Living Room review
Harry Enfield's bewildering BBC send-up veered close to genius.
Benji Wilson, The Telegraph, 27th October 2022Paul Whitehouse and Harry Enfield on their BBC mockumentary
Gloriously spoofing Downton, Peaky Blinders, Jackanory and much, much more, the comedy legends reveal all about their riotous sketch show for the Beeb's centenary.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 14th October 2022How we made The Fast Show, with Paul Whitehouse and Simon Day
'The tailors were based on a guy who worked in a shop I went to as a teenager. His hand would go into your waistband and he'd say, "Oooh - a bit roomy in there!" My mum never liked those sketches'
Henry Yates, The Guardian, 26th September 2022Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse on the return of their hit show
"We were terrible. We thought, 'what have we done?'," Paul Whitehouse grins as he recalls the first ever day of filming.
The Yorkshire Post, 9th September 2022