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James Acaster clip resurfaces after Ricky Gervais special
"Trans people will all be checking their privilege on the way home, thanks to you, you brave little cis boy," Acaster quipped.
Ellie Harrison, The Independent, 25th May 2022
Ricky Gervais: SuperNature assessment
Mildly problematic Netflix particular pushes the correct buttons.
Sakshi Thakur, Global Circulate, 25th May 2022
Gervais wants to offend people. As a Trans man, I won't take the bait
Gervais's poorly-constructed jokes aren't that important to me, and when my allies know more about Gervais than they do about any of the issues above, it's time for them to reflect on the extent of their allyship.
Beau Brink, Popsugar, 25th May 2022
Why it's time to celebrate TV's most neglected relationship: the straight best mate
From eyeballing fetishwear at his first Pride to learning to cook, gay writer Jack Rooke shared his youth with his straight best pal. He explains why his new sitcom, Big Boys, pays homage to heterosexual sidekicks.
Jack Rooke, The Guardian, 25th May 2022
Meet the York student who has written her dissertation on Derry Girls
With the last ever episode airing last week, the hype around Derry Girls at the minute has been real. But one final year York student has taken this one step further and written her undergrad dissertation on the iconic show.
Emily Smith, The Tab, 25th May 2022
Organisers apologise for problems at Johnny Vegas gig
Organisers of a gig compered by comedian Johnny Vegas have apologised to audience members after they experienced problems at the Live At Melbourne Hall event last weekend. Triple-booked and crammed-in seats and long waits for drinks were among issues at the event.
Becky Jones, Leicester Mercury, 25th May 2022
Jayde Adams to present new BBC podcast
In Radio 4's Welcome To The Neighbourhood, Jayde Adams seeks local gossip and cul-de-sac clashes. The podcast invites a different guest each week to join Jayde for a deep-dive into listeners' submissions from the well-meaning, but often feisty world of community WhatsApp groups, message boards and apps.
BBC, 25th May 2022
Tom Allen announces new tour
Tom Allen is back on the road with his brand new show Completely.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 25th May 2022
Brit comics join Just For Laugh's 40th anniversary festival
James Acaster, Tom Allen, Fern Brady, Nish Kumar, Phil Wang and Sindhu Vee will be representing the UK at this year's Just For Laughs festival in Montreal.
Chortle, 25th May 2022
Dumbarton comedy club fights to increase low attendance figures caused by Covid
The Rock Comedy Club have held a few shows post-pandemic but the attendance figures are just over half of what they were before the first lockdown.
Billy Gaddi, Daily Record, 25th May 2022
Ricky Gervais: SuperNature review - Funny, but at what cost?
If his primary stand is to not have a stand and say things just to be funny, how is he different from the many on social media who write obnoxious things to get more likes and attention? They have a name: trolls. Gervais is fast becoming one.
Ishita Sengupta, News Nine, 25th May 2022
Ricky Gervais's Netflix special is nothing but cancel culture porn
The show is really just a series of trendy anti-woke statements followed by 15 seconds of Gervais laughing like he's sat in the audience of a better comedian's show.
Ryan Coogan, The Independent, 25th May 2022
Jack Rooke on his new Channel 4 comedy Big Boys
The writer of Channel 4's new comedy on finding humour in tragedy and why we still have a long way to go when it comes to tackling mental health.
Anya Ryan, Evening Standard, 25th May 2022
David Mitchell on acting, cancel culture and why the internet is evil
"I accept that you shouldn't be able to say whatever you like without people being able to reply but sometimes the consequences for people not liking a joke are disproportionate to the joke."
Steve Dinneen, City AM, 25th May 2022
Netflix is not anti-trans - it's pro-freedom of speech
The Twitter outrage over Ricky Gervais's 'transphobic' new show is all too predictable - and entirely misplaced.
Ella Whelan, The Telegraph, 25th May 2022
Review: Lou Sanders @ The Stand, Newcastle
A shambolic love story interspersed with roller skating, the deliberately scatterbrained set's lack of fine tuning focused the attention directly to the hysterical presence and affable charm of the rising star.
Cameron Wright, Narc Magazine, 25th May 2022
Channel 4 announces Stephen Fry WW2 gay resistance doc
Channel 4 and Stephen Fry are to tell the incredible true story of how a group of misfits, including a gay artist, a lesbian musician and Jewish activists pulled off one of the most daring and far-reaching acts of sabotage in the history of the Dutch resistance.
Channel 4, 25th May 2022
The new Ricky Gervais Netflix special has exposed woke comedy's biggest problem
In his SuperNature show the comedian has been accused of punching down, but those on the Left who make this supposed rule rarely follow it.
Michael Deacon, The Telegraph, 25th May 2022
Book review: Brouhaha, by Ardal O'Hanlon
Comedy crime is a tricky genre to get right, but Ardal O'Hanlon finds the perfect balance between light and dark.
Stuart Kelly, The Scotsman, 25th May 2022
Ricky Gervais has broken the spell of wokeness
The trans ideology cannot survive mockery or scrutiny.
Fraser Mayers, Spiked, 25th May 2022
Ricky Gervais: SuperNature review - Gloriously inappropriate, perfectly wrong
Ricky Gervais is rich and famous and doesn't give a damn, and may the God he does not believe in continue to bless him.
John Nolte, Breitbart, 25th May 2022
Ricky Gervais can't be a trans ally while he continually makes lazy 'jokes' at our expense
This conversation about Gervais isn't the real conversation I think we should be having. We should be focusing on how trans people have to wait years for their first Gender Identity Clinic appointment with the NHS. Or how the UK has slipped down on an annual ranking of LGBT+ rights across Europe, dropping 10th to 14th. The LGBT+ rights group IGLA claimed our drop was due to 'widespread political and media anti-trans sentiment'. If we must talk about Ricky Gervais, he has always been marmite and that's fine.
Esme Lord, Metro, 25th May 2022
Peter Kay to make huge comeback tour next year
Peter Kay is making a comeback with a huge arena tour - six years after cancelling live gigs. He has put together a new stage show which he will perform next year at top venues.
Andy Halls & Ellie Henman, The Sun, 25th May 2022
Ricky Gervais is no 'transphobe'
Gervais might be privileged - he joked about that as well in his set - but he uses his position to speak truth to power. Trans activist ideology has run unchecked for too long, and it is time to call it to account.
Debbie Hayton, The Spectator, 25th May 2022
Kiell Smith-Bynoe on the acting grind
Kiell Smith-Bynoe fondly recalls the time his card was declined in 2017.
Royal Television Society, 25th May 2022
Ricky Gervais says new Netflix comedy SuperNature is not anti-trans
Ricky Gervais said his jokes on stage do not reflect his own personal views.
Sky News, 25th May 2022
Joel Dommett and Hannah Cooper-Dommett on their Instagram romance
The comedian and Masked Singer host and his model wife on reality TV, sausage rolls and long-distance love.
Kate Leahy, The Times, 25th May 2022
Micky Flanagan moving to £1.5million Hampshire countryside 'dream home'
One of the country's biggest comedians is trading in London life in favour of a move to the countryside.
Amy Sharpe, Hampshire Live, 25th May 2022
Pictures show Robert Carlyle and The Full Monty cast filming at Sheffield Meadowhall
Shoppers visiting Sheffield's Meadowhall have shared their delight and surprise at spotting Robert Carlyle filming in the shopping centre.
Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 25th May 2022
Ricky Gervais can't even handle a trans woman's joke about him
In a classic case of "can dish it out but can't take it", Gervais hastily blocks anyone who mocks him on social media. Especially trans folks who have their own share of jokes about Gervais.
Chelsea Steiner, The Mary Sue, 25th May 2022Videos
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