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Fringe chief predicts 2022 will see event's 'renaissance' for 75th anniversary
Shona McCarthy said she was "more optimistic about the future than ever before" ahead of the Fringe's 75th anniversary season in August.
Brian Ferguson, The Scotsman, 4th January 2022
2022 VAULT Festival cancelled
The programme would have been comprised of over 600 shows in total, straddling the fields of theatre, comedy, immersive experiences, cabaret, live performance, and late-night events.
Alex Wood, What's On Stage, 4th January 2022
Ghosts series 4 begins production
Good news, Ghosts fans - production on the BBC comedy's fourth series is officially under way.
Lidia Molina-Whyte, Radio Times, 4th January 2022
New web series from Poppy Hillstead
Comedian Poppy Hillstead is launching a new web series called Poppy featuring Amy Gledhill, Chris Cantrill, Stuart Laws, Rob Auton, Ed Aczel and Declan Kennedy.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 4th January 2022
Ellie Taylor on why motherhood can be hard on your mental health
Comedian, author and mother of one Ellie Taylor chats to Lauren Taylor about supporting #LoveBeatsLikes, a campaign highlighting the mental health needs of new mums...
Lauren Taylor, The Irish News, 4th January 2022
The Scotsman Sessions #298: Matt Winning
Here, the comedian and environmental economist Matt Winning reflects on some of the pros and cons of his day job.
Jay Richardson, The Scotsman, 4th January 2022
TV review: Toast Of Tinseltown, BBC Two
The script is superb and and the visual gags are the icing on the cake, from the 1970s titles (Columbo 1974?) to the gaggle of ancient in-joke celebs in the "Colonial Club" including David Hockney, George Melly and Tom Baker in his Doctor Who iteration.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 4th January 2022
Podbible Award wins for Acaster, Rowe, Nightingale & Goldstein
Adam Rowe and Dan Nightingale's podcast Have A Word has won the Best Comedy Podcast at the Podbible awards, announced today.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 4th January 2022
The problem with Stewart Lee's hit list
Simon Evans asks: "For a comedian of such impeccably contrarian taste, why are his targets so utterly banal?"
Simon Evans, Spiked, 4th January 2022
Toast Of Tinseltown review
With no great change from the Channel 4 series, Toast Of Tinseltown might not win this bonkers, larger-than-life creation many more fans beyond its original devoted, but cult-sized fanbase. Nonetheless, it's good to see mainstream TV still has space for this thick-skinned self-centred oddball.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 4th January 2022
And Away...The Autobiography by Bob Mortimer - book review
Anyone who has followed the career of Bob Mortimer will know him to be a surrealist of some merit. Yet Bob wouldn't agree.
David Beer, Louder Than War, 4th January 2022
Toast Of Tinseltown review
Matt Berry's idiotic actor returns - and is just as weird as ever.
Isobel Lewis, The Independent, 4th January 2022
Toast Of Tinseltown, BBC2, review
Matt Berry's gloriously surreal cult comedy goes to Hollywood.
Gerard Gilbert, i Newspaper, 4th January 2022
Toast Of Tinseltown review
Knowingly naff and stuffed with surreal one-liners, this riotously absurd cult comedy sees Britain's worst actor arrive in Hollywood.
Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 4th January 2022
Anyone for ham? The return of Toast, TV's leading luvvie
The cult comedy about a British thesp has gone to the BBC - and taken its outrageous hero to Hollywood.
Ben Dowell, The Times, 4th January 2022Videos
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12pm15 min
Subterranean Homesick Blues
Series 5, Episode 2 - Emotionally YoursNow Maggie is a social media superstar John is worried about her security, especially as a 'lurker' is on the loose in the village, but his attempts to update their home security don't go to plan.
5pm8 min
The A-Z Of Blackness
Episode 5 - O-TDane talks everything from black queens to one of the most controversial topics of all time... the correct pronunciation of plantain.
10pm30 min
Toast Of Tinseltown
Episode 1 - Anger ManToast is becoming increasingly angry, and everyone has noticed. There's no chance of landing a big movie audition when he's in this state. Toast needs anger management therapy.
11pm30 min
Fortunately... With Fi And Jane
Series 2, Episode 1 - Back At The Brownies With Nigel SlaterThe author of Toast, Tender and Greenfeast joins Fi and Jane for a chat around the kitchen table. The only question is whether Jane will make it Fi's house on time.