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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 2022Top of the Pods - How live podcasts are taking over comedy
The format has gone from low-cost side hustle to, for some, a lucrative bread-winner, and audiences are flocking to them.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 1st April 2022Teenage Cancer Trust Comedy Night at the Royal Albert Hall review
The long-delayed annual fundraiser made a triumphant return.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 23rd March 2022The Island review
I watched Dave's new comedy format The Island, not knowing it had been devised by stand-ups James Acaster, Ed Gamble, Lloyd Langford and John Robins when they got stranded in New York by a storm. That fact came as something as a surprise, given the show feels less than an idea created organically by some fine comic minds, and more like the brainchild of a UKTV exec trying to engineer something to fill a Taskmaster-shaped hole left after their biggest show got poached by Channel 4.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 23rd March 2022The Island, Dave, review
Comedy panel shows are over - this predictable refresh proves it.
Emily Watkins, i Newspaper, 23rd March 2022The Island review
This nautical panel show is so laugh-free it's a wreck.
Jack Seale, The Guardian, 23rd March 2022The Island is proof that lazy podcasts are ruining TV comedy
Dave's new panel show challenges a group of comics to come up with strategies for how to survive after a shipwreck. But why?
Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 23rd March 2022Tom Allen to co-host Bafta red carpet show
The comic and AJ Odudu have today been announced as co-presenters of the streamed programme on Sunday March 13.
Chortle, 24th January 2022Tom Allen reveals his beloved father Paul has died
Tom wrote: "I'm so sad to report that my wonderful dad has died. It was a total shock. He was with mum and he had a heart attack last night."
Daily Mail, 2nd December 2021Comedians film stand-up sets for Sky's The Deirdre O'Kane Show
Tom Allen, Ardal O'Hanlon and Reginald D Hunter are among the comedians appearing on Sky's new stand-up showcase, The Deirdre O'Kane Show.
British Comedy Guide, 8th September 2021