Stephen Armstrong
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BBC New Comedy Award wants to find new faces to make us laugh now
Satire is everywhere and a fresh generation of comics are ripping up the rules.
Stephen Armstrong, The Sunday Times, 22nd May 2022Comics on that Oscars slap
Four seasoned stand-ups - Ed Byrne, Zoe Lyons, Dane Baptiste and Shaparak Khorsandi - all with the comic's dread of hosting awards shows, on what to do when a gig goes very wrong - and how they might have reacted.
Stephen Armstrong, The Guardian, 31st March 2022Rose Matafeo picks her favourite rom-coms
She's the comic genius behind a hit BBC sitcom and she learnt everything she knows from movies.
Stephen Armstrong, The Times, 13th February 2022Why comedians love to hate Ricky Gervais
The After Life star's 'edgy' brand of sentimentality has made him more popular than ever - except with his peers.
Stephen Armstrong, The Telegraph, 13th January 2022Ash Atalla: Ricky Gervais disability jokes went too far
The award-winning producer on why he's had enough of 'cripface'.
Stephen Armstrong, The Times, 15th August 2021Funny Women judges announced
Judges from prestigious areas of the media for the awards include Stephen Armstrong, Dominic Maxwell, Bruce Dessau, Sukey Firth, Nosheen Iqbal, Sharon Lougher & Kate Copstick.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 19th July 2021Anna Maxwell Martin: the devil or everymum
The actress, now playing for laughs in Motherland, is a face that fits many roles.
Stephen Armstrong, The Times, 16th May 2021Rose Matafeo on her new sitcom, Starstruck
The stand-up's new series is her take on 1940s screwball.
Stephen Armstrong, The Times, 15th April 2021Tez Ilyas is making comedy work
The Muslim comic nearly joined MI5 and worked in the Home Office, but as his childhood memoir shows, he's always felt like an outsider, he tells Stephen Armstrong.
Stephen Armstrong, The Times, 1st April 2021Alex Horne on how to win at Taskmaster
The comedian coaches Stephen Armstrong in how to do well at his Bafta-winning, very silly game show.
Stephen Armstrong, The Sunday Times, 11th October 2020