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CPS to consider charges over Barrymore party death
Prosecutors will consider whether to charge a man arrested on suspicion of murdering a guest at entertainer Michael Barrymore's home in 2001. Stuart Lubbock, 31, died in hospital after being found unconscious in the comedian and TV presenter's pool in Roydon, Essex. A man was arrested on suspicion of indecent assault and murder and released under investigation in March. Essex Police said a file would be submitted "imminently" to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).
BBC, 4th May 2021
TV preview: Bloods
As brand new medical comedy Bloods arrives on Sky One, Danielle de Wolfe speaks with stars Jane Horrocks and Samson Kayo to discover more.
Danielle de Wolfe, The Herald, 4th May 2021
Lucy Punch on Motherland and Bloods
The actress on having it all, her new medical comedy, the return of Amanda and why her 'snide, smug' face is a blessing.
Alice Jones, i Newspaper, 4th May 2021
Johnny Vegas on money, fame and grief
Lockdown and the loss of both parents have transformed the entertainer. He talks about the disappointments of TV, outgrowing his comic persona - and his move into the glamping business.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 4th May 2021
Jamie MacDonald on losing his sight
"I don't think what I've done is inspiring. In fact, what I've done is absolutely self-serving" says blind comic.
Etan Smallman, i Newspaper, 4th May 2021For Paul Ritter: Friday Night Dinner - The Anniversary
It's a great episode. As Martin is explaining he and his wife's sexual escapades, he delivers the immortal line "If your mother and I had never met all those years ago, you two would never have been produced... Those two acts of penetration" - to the utterly justified disgust of the boys.
Capers Magazine, 4th May 2021Review: Adventures Of A Taxi Driver (1976)
Arguably, one could say that this unfunny romp is about a man not doing well in controlling what is clearly a sex addiction, while making light of suicide and mental health, and reducing women to mere hunks of proddable meat. But, that, I am afraid, to some people, was "acceptable" at the time - and you would have to be confident in your independence as a man to say you wouldn't have been right there in those grotty cinemas with all the other "non-grotty" men.
David E. J. A. Bennett, Capers Magazine, 4th May 2021Putting the 'cape' into capers
The cape, not to be confused with its longer length kin, the cloak, is a versatile item of comedy clothing with a long and storied history. Depictions of cape-wearers go back as far as 300 BC to the nomadic Pazyryk culture of Kazakhstan and Mongolia. The blue, geometric designs of the capes characteristically worn by Aztek kings were made with intentionally laborious dyeing techniques to create a symbol akin to the difficulty in forging a great katana in feudal Japan. And most famously and popularly, the cape is a powerful symbol associated with 20th century superheroism. British comedy, perhaps unsurprisingly, has made use of the myriad cape tropes for its own hilarious ends, but not as frequently as one may imagine for such a popular device.
David E. J. A. Bennett, Capers Magazine, 4th May 2021Bottling it: Bottom S2, E2 - 'Culture'
The Comedy Doctor gives her prognosis on the importance of boredom in this classic episode.
The Comedy Doctor, Capers Magazine, 4th May 2021Review: LADS by Kat & Kat
All-in-all, LADS is a cracker of a first attempt at sitcom creation from two of British comedy's brightest new talents.
David E. J. A. Bennett, Capers Magazine, 4th May 2021Videos
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Bridget Christie: Mortal
Episode 4 - The AfterlifeBridget ends her examination of mortality by looking into the possibility of an afterlife.
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Series 2, Episode 4Sara Pascoe welcomes Alex Brooker, Jason Manford, Rachel Parris, and Kiri Pritchard-Mclean into the loft.
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Aufbau
Series 1, Episode 3This week, a woman sells some sausages and a man worries about the future.
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