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Review - Just the Tonic's Working from Home
Review of Al Murray, Seann Walsh and Matt Forde among others.
James of Walsh, Phoenix Remix, 1st June 2020TV preview - Comedians: Home Alone
Following E4's Remote Comedy From The Paddock the BBC launches with their own self-shot lockdown rapidfire sketch show. And on the basis of the first episodes - not that this is a competition - the BBC has the edge.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th May 2020Al Murray on WWII-coronavirus parallels
We speak to Al Murray and historian James Holland - who together present the weekly World War Two podcast, We Have Ways of Making You Talk - and start by asking what parallels could be drawn between what the world went through during the war and our current coronavirus reality.
Matt Frei, Channel 4, 8th May 2020A comedian walks into a coronavirus crisis...
For the nation's stand-up comics, jokes about Covid-19 are being delivered through gritted teeth -- for an industry that was the first gig economy, the total shutdown of most comedy venues means the nation's gagsters are short of cash and short of an audience.
Stephen Armstrong, The Sunday Times, 22nd March 202012 Days of Christmas Specials 6: Harry Hill's Sleigh Ride
This special is a particularly joyful episode -from the continuing fantasies about sild. 'Hmmm lovely sild...' to what surely must be the definitive version of Bing and Bowie's Little Drummer Boy, performed by Harry and Burt Kwouk themselves.
Rhianna Evans, The Comedy Blog, 19th December 2019Al Murray on not wanting to retire the Pub Landlord
Al Murray has said he would not retire his Pub Landlord alter-ego because he would "get in a right tangle" if he had to be himself on stage.
Hereford Times, 21st November 2019Comedies shortlisted for BBC Audio Awards 2020
Giles Wemmbley-Hogg Goes Off, Mark Steel's In Town, Phil Ellis Is Trying, Phil Wang: Wangsplaining and Suggs: Love Letters To London are amongst the nominees in the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2020.
British Comedy Guide, 19th November 2019Al Murray: my nephew needs a miracle
My nephew Finley is six. He is, I think, like a lot of six-year-old boys, he likes trains and tanks and planes, he's into playing football and swimming, and he's almost completely beguiled by video games. So far so normal. He is, however, unlucky enough to be one of the 12 children each year to suffer from juvenile myelomonocytic leukaemia (JMML).
Al Murray, The Times, 15th November 2019Al Murray on the sensitivity of conservatives
There is a pervasive idea in society right now that people on the left are overtly sensitive, something which has seen them labelled 'snowflakes' by people on the right. But is this an accurate portrayal of the landscape? Comedian Al Murray doesn't think so. At the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019, Murray told JOE that for all of their talk, it is conservatives that are just as bad at taking a joke as those on the left.
Wayne Farry, JOE, 12th August 2019Al Murray on Fat Cops
Comedians Al Murray and Tim Vine put their stand-up routines to the side to try their hand at another passion for this year's Fringe.
Murray Robertson, The List, 6th August 2019