Rhodri Marsden
Press clippings
The lighter side of the (former) Brexit deadline
A comedian, author and musician tell BBC News why they wanted to mark the date the UK was to have left the EU.
Neil Smith, BBC, 31st October 2019Frank Sidebottom: The man behind the papier mâché
Working for the comedian and singer Frank Sidebottom was an education and an oddly profound experience, recalls a one-time member of his backing band.
Rhodri Marsden, The Independent, 21st April 2014Interesting objects: Tommy Cooper's fez
Sophisticated men with style used to wear a fez as part of their luxury smoking garb. Cooper transformed it into a comedy prop.
Rhodri Marsden, The Independent, 12th April 2014Frank Sidebottom's gone. I can barely believe it
I'd loved Chris Sievey's papier-mache-headed creation since I was a teenager and playing alongside him was, like so much in Frank Sidebottom's world, 'fantastic'.
Rhodri Marsden, The Guardian, 22nd June 2010Why I Hate...Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Never Mind the Buzzcocks has been masquerading as comedy for more than ten years, and a brow-furrowing 21 series. They'd be better off sticking Phill Jupitus and Bill Bailey on a sofa with a couple of pints and letting them discuss 30 minutes of archive pop videos. That's where the value of the show is. Everything else is fulfilling some desperate criteria to appeal to the 15-25 demographic, while forgetting about what actually makes good telly.
Rhodri Marsden, Radio Times, 13th February 2008Radio Times Blog Review
Watching Brooker administer corporal punishment to the stupidities and excesses of today's television can be a strange experience - mainly because the medium he is savaging has allowed him to do such a thing.
Rhodri Marsden, Radio Times, 11th October 2007The 100 Funniest People On Twitter
We asked our 75,000 followers to nominate the Tweeters that regularly made them laugh - the ones that were frequently mentioned got added to the pile.
The Poke, 7th December 2002