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TV preview - Comedians: Home Alone
Following E4's Remote Comedy From The Paddock the BBC launches with their own self-shot lockdown rapidfire sketch show. And on the basis of the first episodes - not that this is a competition - the BBC has the edge.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th May 2020Best Comedy Podcast 2020 nominees revealed
Brian & Roger, Dear Joan And Jericha, Josh Berry's Fake News, Kurupt FM, Mind Canyon and Off Menu are nominated in the British Podcast Awards.
British Comedy Guide, 19th May 2020Can a chat show work without an audience?
The Graham Norton Show returned on Friday night, but this was the Coronavirus version. The guests were onscreen at home and there was no studio audience. No studio in fact. Norton conjured one up through the magic of television. But apart from that there wasn't much magic on display.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 11th April 2020Download Richard Herring show and support food banks
Following fundraising releases of shows by Mark Thomas and Rachel Fairburn, indie comedy label Go Faster Stripe is now raising money for the Trussell Trust charity through Richard Herring's show We're All Going To Die!
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 4th April 2020Podcast review: Richard Herring meets Charlie Brooker
It helps that Herring and Brooker seem to get on well and being similar ages share so many references.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 27th March 2020The best comedy of 2019
Another year has past and once again it's been a pretty amazing one for comedy across the board, and it's been hard to whittle each category down to a top 10. But here are our suggestions for the best tv, film and live comedy of the year, along with a couple of other lists as well.
Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 31st December 2019Top 10 books about comedy
Biographies, autobiographies, episode guides, script anthologies, tie-in books - my thirst for writing about comedy takes in the lot, so I've chosen not to differentiate between them. They're all of a piece, adding to our understanding and appreciation of the art.
Louis Barfe, The Guardian, 4th December 2019Podcast review: Richard Herring interviews Vic Reeves
There's some familar stuff here but also some good new stuff on Bob here which I won't spoil.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 21st November 2019How Richard Herring spends International Men's Day
Every International Women's Day, comedian Richard Herring makes a point of replying to all the idiots asking "But when's International Men's Day?" with the information that it is, in fact, on the 19th of November - which is today, at the time of writing. He then uses International Men's Day to follow up the enquiries, and both days to raise funds for charities - Refuge on International Women's Day and CALM - the Campaign Against Living Miserably on International Men's Day.
The Poke, 19th November 2019Richard Herring on his hit podcast
Richard Herring was ahead of the curve when it came to the world of podcasts and, as the medium goes through a boom, he's hoping to attract even bigger star power to his - including Sir Billy Connolly.
Ross Crae, The Sunday Post, 8th November 2019