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Nick Mohammed interview
The character comedian and TV star on meeting angry fans, his first UK tour as megalomaniac magician Mr Swallow and taking inspiration from Torvill and Dean.
Liam Pape, The Guardian, 29th November 2022
Ricky Gervais: Armageddon review
Comic burns bright with renewed devotion to saying the wrong thing.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 29th November 2022
Picture gallery: Through the comedian's lens
Steve Best starred in stand-up before turning to photography. He gained intimate backstage access because it is where he belongs.
The Times, 29th November 2022
Romesh Ranganathan: The Cynic review
Across the 60-minutes, Ranganathan is in tight control of the material and the audience never waits too long for another joke, which is the main measure of a successful routine.
Maryam Philpott, The Reviews Hub, 29th November 2022
Graham Norton, Mel Giedroyc... every celebrity wants to be a novelist. But can they hack it?
A look at new books by among others Ruth Jones and Bob Mortimer.
Stuart Heritage, The Guardian, 29th November 2022
Jack and the Beanstalk at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre review
Reviewers can sometimes be snobbish and turn their noses up at a show that audiences love. I fear that Jack and the Beanstalk is one of those shows - I may not be moved by the Lyric Hammersmith's sparkly production, but you would be hard-pressed to find an audience cheering as loudly and enthusiastically as this one does.
Ella Satin, What's On Stage, 29th November 2022
Mat Ewins review - digital gagster is full of nerdy fun
Even when the grouchy wannabe game-show host's set is buffering he still delivers a winning formula of hi-tech comedy and twisty jokes.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 29th November 2022
Kunt and the Gang appear to have new song slagging off 'sausage roll c***' LadBaby
The musical comedian, whose songs include the likes of Prince Andrew Is A Sweaty N*nce and Boris Johnson Is Still A F*cking C*nt, appeared to take aim at the artist, real name Mark Hoyle, in his latest track.
Cydney Yeates, Metro, 29th November 2022Videos
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11:30am30 min
The Exploding Library
Series 2, Episode 2 - The Bloater, by Rosemary TonksAthena Kugblenu searches for Rosemary Tonks, a poet and writer who 'vanished like the Cheshire Cat', shortly after the height of her fame in the late 1960s.
6:30pm30 min
Hennikay
Episode 2 - Grown Up StuffOne Saturday morning, after a particularly typical Friday night out in Maidstone, a very hung-over Guy tries to lay down some adult ground rules to his unwanted housemate and educate him about life in the modern grown-up world.
9pm35 min
Upright
Series 2, Episode 3Lucky reluctantly finds himself in Cairns where he spent some time in the years after he fell out with his brother. Though he tries to lay low, Meg isn't one for subtlety and quickly makes their presence known. Lucky is concerned she's running from her problems and the truth of her mother's abandonment. But as Meg ditches Lucky to continue the search herself, an old friend of Lucky's tracks them down. And he's out for blood.
9:35pm35 min
Upright
Series 2, Episode 4After escaping Lucky's old mate Duncan, Meg and Lucky continue north. They discover that Meg's mum may be living at a spiritual Wellfullness Commune out in the middle of nowhere.
10:15pm30 min
Frankie Boyle's New World Order
Series 6, Episode 6Frankie Boyle returns to help make sense of this disconcerting time, tackling the issues troubling the planet with Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Jamali Maddix, Susie McCabe and Christopher Macarthur-Boyd.