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Steve Coogan and Sarah Solemani interview
The co-creators of a new comedy drama discuss the battle of the sexes after Harvey Weinstein - and flirting.
Sarah Ditum, The Sunday Times, 11th April 2022
Review - Musical Comedy Awards Final 2022
The 12 acts on this occasion showed that musical comedy is an increasing diverse, increasingly popular genre.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 11th April 2022
Laurence Marks: 'My parents' idea of luxury was a fitted carpet on HP'
Raised on a council estate, the man behind TV comedy classics such as Birds Of A Feather has owned a pad in Mayfair, a Swiss chalet and a country estate, and has a thing for flash cars, as he divulges in The Sunday Times's Fame and Fortune column.
York Membery, The Times, 11th April 2022
BBC defends Little Britain's racist language
The BBC has defended a Little Britain sketch of charges of racism after the comedy was restored to iPlayer. The Corporation received complaints about the David Walliams character Linda Flint, a university counsellor who always describes the student sitting in front of her in offensive terms such as 'Ching Chong Chinaman'.
Chortle, 11th April 2022
ISIHAC: how radio's smuttiest show has beaten the censors for 50 years
Innuendo, tone-deaf singing and dreadful wages: as the cherished BBC panel game celebrates its half century, we look back at its finest moments - and its future.
Mark Lawson, The Guardian, 11th April 2022
Dylan Moran review
On a good night Dylan Moran will light up any room with a precision-crafted observational absurdism that is hard to distinguish from his moments of off-the-cuff inspiration. This scrappy collection of half-formed thoughts and barely there routines is not a good night, though. Nor does it look likely to offer good nights in the near future.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 11th April 2022
The tangled relationship between Stanley Baxter and Kenneth Williams
What was the truth of the relationship between Stanley Baxter and Kenneth Williams? The comedy greats met in 1946 when they were both conscripted into the army. Occasional references to the pair over the years suggested they were more than just friends. But was that the case?
Brian Beacom, The Herald, 11th April 2022
Catherine Tate explains how Hard Cell differs from her previous shows
"The process is kind of completely the same, only my stuff was all shot in front of a studio audience and obviously this isn't. And so what I don't have is the direct connection with the audience straight there."
James Hibbs, Radio Times, 11th April 2022Videos
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6:30pm30 min
The Unbelievable Truth
Series 28, Episode 2David Mitchell is joined by Henning Wehn, Zoe Lyons, Sindhu Vee, and Marcus Brigstocke as they talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as windows, ants, rice and Ancient Egyptians.
10pm30 min
Deep Heat
Episode 4 - The 'Tour'The gang leave training to wrestle at dingy holiday camp Potkins, and promptly go tour-crazy. Meanwhile, with the help of Jack and Woodhouse, a hooded Holly secretly makes her wrestling debut...!
10:30pm30 min
The Remotely Amusing Gameshow
Comedy game show featuring challenges performed by people across Scotland.
11:30pm30 min
Parish Is Burning
In this pilot episode visit Mo Farragh's Ostrich Farm, eavesdrop on the parish helpline, find out if Sargent Gerry Rafferty can crack the case of the man beaten to death with his own kettle, experience Rural Fury at the Parish youth club and catch up on Belfast soap opera Van Dad.