Press clippings
Ruby Wax on her infamous interviews with Donald Trump and OJ Simpson
Ruby Wax says she was thrown off Donald Trump's private plane during an interview for the BBC more than 25 years ago.
George Freeman, ABC News (Australia), 25th March 2025Time Travel Is Dangerous review
Real-life vintage shop owners Ruth Syratt and Megan Stevenson raid the past for sellable trinkets in this charmingly funny, quintessentially British comedy.
Phil Hoad, The Guardian, 24th March 2025Crongton review
If Netflix's Adolescence is essential watching for parents, then Crongton is a pretty good equivalent for their children.
Claire Allfree, The Telegraph, 24th March 2025Ken Dodd: A Legacy Of Happiness review
The doc, narrated by his friend Miriam Margolyes doesn't dig quite as deeply as one would have liked. Though there is much to savour here.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th March 2025No adults allowed! Crongton, the joyous show for teens that does what Adolescence can't
The cast of the new BBC show explain how they have given hard-hitting content a fun, relatable and colourful spin to actively encourage teenagers to make good life choices.
Robyn Vinter, The Guardian, 24th March 2025
Ken Dodd: A Legacy Of Happiness review
This BBC Two one-off just falls short of capturing Dodd's greatness, which was his stage act.
Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 23rd March 2025
Ken Dodd: A Legacy Of Happiness review
A Legacy Of Happiness is a wholly positive portrayal of this comedy icon and despite promising to "reveal the private man" behind the public persona, it gives only a restricted glimpse at that more complex, possibly difficult, character. But Doddy's certainly a one-off worth celebrating.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 23rd March 2025
The week in TV: Last One Laughing - review
A slow start, but warming up.
Jude Rogers, The Observer, 23rd March 2025
Tim FitzHigham on Shakespeare's joke writer
Archive research has revealed new information about a 16th Century comedian and his influence on William Shakespeare. Robert Armin began working with the Bard's acting troupe in the 1590s and became the principal comedic performer in 1599 when William Kemp left the group. Tim FitzHigham, comedian and creative director of Shakespeare's Guildhall in King's Lynn, Norfolk, says he believes many of the Bard's best known comedic roles would have been written and performed by the comedian.
Clare Worden, BBC, 23rd March 2025
Jimmy Carr: "You can say whatever you want in comedy now"
The comedian talks cancel culture, bad gigs and rivalries with Roisin Conaty and Lou Sanders, his co-stars in the new reality show, Last One Laughing.
Jonathan Dean, The Times, 22nd March 2025
Comic Relief review
The weakest telethon in recent memory.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 21st March 2025
Katherine Ryan diagnosed with skin cancer for second time
Speaking on her podcast, the Canadian star said she had recently had a cancerous mole on her arm removed, and will have a further procedure next week to ensure it is all gone.
Paul Glynn, BBC, 21st March 2025
"Prank shows are normally done by thick people or jocks": Dom Joly on the return of Trigger Happy TV
The 00s star has spent decades trying to escape the legacy of his beloved hidden camera show - only to realise it's time to bring it back on stage. He talks about fooling a Python, hating Noel Edmonds... and why he can't escape the giant phone.
Stuart Heritage, The Guardian, 21st March 2025
Improv pioneer Peter Wear dies at 81
Peter Wear - a pioneer of the British improv comedy scene and early performer on the alternative cabaret circuit - has died at the age of 76.
Ben Keaton, Chortle, 21st March 2025
"Do we love each other? Of course": Men Behaving Badly's Neil Morrissey and Martin Clunes reunite
A quarter of a century on from their beloved 90s sitcom, the pair are teaming up for a travel series where they meander around France. They discuss being an odd fit in "lad" culture and why getting back together took so long.
Rich Pelley, The Guardian, 21st March 2025
Last One Laughing UK review
Let's be honest, if you can't make a funny programme out of a cast that features Rob Beckett, Daisy May Cooper, Richard Ayoade, Sara Pascoe, Joe Wilkinson, Harriet Kemsley, Judi Love, Joe Lycett, Lou Sanders and Bob Mortimer then you rerally shouldn't be in the TV comedy game. And sure enough there are plenty of chuckles in this show in which these latterday clowns try to make each other laugh.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 21st March 2025
Stephen Fry and Rosie Jones among celebrities condemning cuts to UK disability benefits
They joined the UK's biggest food bank network, Trussell, in urging ministers to rethink the planned changes, warning they risked pushing even more disabled people into poverty and reliance on charity food handouts.
Patrick Butler, The Guardian, 21st March 2025
Mel & Sue: "For years we split every pay cheque - whether we did it together or not"
The presenting duo on their four decades of friendship, making reality TV kinder, and why they've decided to embarrass each other on their new podcast.
Helen Brown, i Newspaper, 21st March 2025
What you need to know about Red Nose Day 2025
Red Nose Day is celebrating 40 years of comedy and entertainment this year, marking the occasion with a night of live TV.
BBC, 21st March 2025
Trigger broom row is finally decided from classic BBC episode
In a classic episode of Only Fools And Horses, the BBC comedy council sweeper Trigger played by the late actor Roger Lloyd-Pack was rewarded for having the same broom for 20 years - which then sparked an hilarious debate
James Caven, Daily Star, 20th March 2025
Peep Show still proves that 'self-loathing is pretty universal'
The creators, Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain, and others look back on the highly influential British comedy that remains a cult item for American audiences.
Nicolas Rapold, The New York Times, 20th March 2025
Rob Beckett: I'm quitting touring to spent time with my family
The comic says he'll spend no more time on the road once his current stand-up tour, Giraffe, comes to an end next year.
Chortle, 20th March 2025
Last One Laughing UK review
It's a surprise it's taken so long to get to these shores, given our vibrant comedy scene and panel-show culture.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 20th March 2025Helen Lederer and Daliso Chaponda undertake BBC's Pilgrimage
Comedians take on 300km trek through the Alps.
Chortle, 20th March 2025
Rare insight into comic Ken Dodd's private world
Extracts from notebooks belonging to Sir Ken Dodd are to be broadcast for the first time in a new documentary about one of Britain's greatest comics.
Gemma Sherlock, BBC, 20th March 2025
George Lewis: How a British dad made comedy gold imagining two toddlers chatting
George Lewis's riffs on the absurdities of millennial parenting - and the inner lives of 2-year-olds - have won him legions of fans online and galvansed his once middling stand-up career.
Amelia Nierenberg, The New York Times, 20th March 2025
Russell Brand shares fake document claiming JFK was killed by Penelope Keith
Brand shared the document on Twitter, not noticing that it ended: "The lone shooter in Dallas, Texas on 22 November 1963 was Miss Penelope Keith, star of BBC television program The Good Life."
The Poke, 20th March 2025
Last One Laughing UK review
Amazon's UK version of the comic perennial sticks to the formula.
Benji Wilson, The Telegraph, 20th March 2025Last One Laughing review
'I've no idea how we're going to get six shows out of this,' Carr admits to his teammate backstage. And by the end of the second episode (no more were available to review), we are wondering much the same thing.
Jane Darcy, The Reviews Hub, 19th March 2025
First pictures of Charli XCX on set of new film The Moment
Onlookers at the Nobu hotel in London spotted Charli filming scenes there, including one where she was hailing a black cab ahead of a sell-out gig at the O2 Arena.
Ellie Henman, The Sun, 19th March 2025