On my radar: Ruby Wax's cultural highlights

The comedian and actor on Breaking Bad, Jez Butterworth's Jerusalem and the magic of Cape Town.

Ruby Wax: 'I played Bedlam - not many can say that'

The comedian talks about the taboo of mental illness, performing at Bethlem Royal hospital and her new show Sane New World.

Radio Times review

Sometimes this show works a sort of reverse magic and normally witty guests come across as whingeing sticks-in-the-mud. There's something about having to explain why you hate some aspect of modern life that makes everyone into a variant of Victor Meldrew if you're not careful. Tonight even the reliably droll Lee Mack teeters on the edge of curmudgeonliness as he rails against cars and kids parties, but of course he recovers his wits.

Meanwhile, Ruby Wax's mother sounds maddening, but can you really consign you own mum to Room 101? The audience sound doubtful. Most diverting part of the show: the tale of Dave Myers' alopecia. No wonder he hates wigs.

There are many more hits than misses in Anna Crilly and Katy Wix's sketch comedy as the pair take aim and fire at television tropes. The best bit is a perfect pastiche of those terrible Top 100 scissors-and-paste list shows that were once a Channel 4 staple. Crilly and Wix make a good job of skewering the kind of talking-head contributors that no one's ever heard of: "Jane Dudgeon - Remembers Things" and "Jenny Crumb - Had a Column Once". There's a clever Apprentice spoof where contestants talk heightened passive-aggressive nonsense ("Totally with respect because I do respect you") and Ruby Wax guest-stars as herself (the show is directed by her husband Ed Bye).

Ruby Wax to judge So You Think You're Funny? 2012

It's one of the most prestigious competitions for up-and-coming stand-up comedians - and on Thursday the winner will be determined by a panel of judges including TV and comedy star Ruby Wax.

Ruby Wax & Jon Richardson to make C4 documentaries

Channel 4 is to broadcast a season of prime time programmes designed to challenge perceptions of mental health and discrimination. Programmes include programmes by Ruby Wax about Jon Richardson

Ab Fab musical wouldn't ring true, says Ruby Wax

Ruby Wax, the script editor of Absolutely Fabulous, says a musical version of the popular television series would not work.

Ruby Wax joins Celebrity Big Brother

Comedian Ruby Wax and Reservoir Dogs actor Michael Madsen have signed up for Celebrity Big Brother.

Ruby Wax uniting fellow depressives online

Website aims to twin people with similiar symptoms.

Ruby Wax is Veuve Clicquot woman of the year

Ruby Wax announces she has won the Veuve Clicquot Woman of the Year award before the presentation.