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Dr Strangelove review
Maybe we should call him Steve Sellers, or perhaps Peter Coogan... Either way, comedian Steve Coogan makes a fine fist of channelling the maniacal ghost of the late Peter Sellers in one of his best-known films: Stanley Kubrick's satire of nuclear Armageddon, Dr. Strangelove.
Patrick Marmion, Daily Mail, 1st November 2024
Armando Iannucci: "Scandals at the BBC happen because of the command structure"
As their new series explores Hollywood's "existential crisis", the writer-director, and showrunner Jon Brown, discuss the influence of tech billionaires and why modern politics is beyond satire.
Rachael Sigee, i Newspaper, 1st November 2024
The Q&A: Milton Jones
One of the country's leading practitioners of punnery, Milton Jones is back on the road with more ingenious wordplay. But first, he grapples with this question and answer session in which he reveals various feelings about carwashes, combs, Christmas, Clubcards and keys.
The List, 1st November 2024
Terry Pratchett's Night Watch to become a Penguin Modern Classic
Penguin Modern Classics are publishing an annotated edition of Night Watch to coincide with Terry Pratchett Day in April next year. The republished edition of the 29th novel in Pratchett's Discworld series includes a new foreword by Rob Wilkins and an introduction and annotations by Dr David Lloyd and Dr Darryl Jones.
Matilda Battersby, The Bookseller, 1st November 2024
Edy Hurst's Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Himself review
Edy Hurst's Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Himself takes a highly unusual and very entertaining approach to neurodivergence, even though you wouldn't want to be trapped with Hurst when he is obsessing about his favourite subject.
David Cunningham, British Theatre Guide, 1st November 2024
Taskmaster launches its own beer
Fans can now buy seven different brews, all named in reference to moments on the hit show.
Chortle, 1st November 2024
Karl Pilkington 'vindicated' as study 'reveals' whether monkeys can actually type Shakespeare
In a 2014 clip that's being widely shared online, Ricky Gervais says to Pilkington: "They say an infinite amount of chimps with an infinite amount of typewriters will type the complete works of Shakespeare, and you couldn't grasp that." Pilkington, keeping a straight face, replied: "It wouldn't happen. It wouldn't happen - and I think you know it wouldn't happen but you say it would, to annoy me."
Jacob Stolworthy, The Independent, 1st November 2024
"The kids didn't subject me to violence ... largely speaking": inside the super-sassy world of Junior Taskmaster
The comedy hit conquered the UK, then the world, and now it's taking over the nation's youth. Its co-host Mike Wozniak talks being mercilessly mocked, fart mishaps and why kids make the best contestants.
Alexi Duggins, The Guardian, 1st November 2024
Generation Z review
It's got a great cast - Johnny Vegas, Sue Johnston, T'Nia Miller and Downton Abbey's Rob-James Collier all appear - while everyone seems to be having a lot of fun, even while eating badgers or shooting elderly people with crossbows. Because those middle-aged characters are such wet lettuces, however, the 50-year-old viewer - I'm talking about me here - might not have such a good time.
Philip Cunnington, Edinburgh Evening News, 1st November 2024
Emma Sidi Is Sue Gray review
Character comedy at its best!
Stimpson, A Young(ish) Perspective, 1st November 2024
Sarah Millican review
Sarah Millican has established herself as one of Britain top female standup comics and through her TV appearances and regular tours has grown a large, mainly female, following to her unique blend of saucy, verging on crude, reflections on being a woman, all delivered in her quick-fire Northern patter.
Nick Wayne, West End Best Friend, 1st November 2024
Have I Got News For You: how does the US version compare?
The long-running topical comedy show made its way stateside in September and it's turned out to be a far different proposition than the original.
Callum Jones, The Guardian, 1st November 2024Videos
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