Alastair Roberts
- Actor
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Edinburgh festival 2024: find the funny with these 20 comedy shows
A one-woman 90s romcom, boundary-testing standups and a new Taskmaster contestant make our comedy critic's list of the fringe's most promising tickets.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 1st July 2024Tim Harding's comedy diary
June and July in London can be better than the Fringe if you know where to look. In pubs and clubs and weird underground conference rooms, comedians are running in their work-in-progress shows, often for less than the price of a pint.
Chortle, 29th June 2024Everyone Else Burns Series 2 filming now
Filming has commenced on the second series of Everyone Else Burns, with the sitcom based around a Christian sect due to return to Channel 4 later this year. Fleabag star Sian Clifford is joining the cast as an imposing new family member.
British Comedy Guide, 25th April 2024Pleasance adds more shows to Edinburgh Fringe
The Pleasance has added another 134 shows to their Edinburgh Festival Fringe roster this summer.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 2nd April 2024Starstruck review
Rose Matafeo's romcom ditches the love story (and is better than ever).
Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 28th August 2023Ghosts' best guest stars (so far) from Jennifer Saunders to Kylie
Standing out among the rock-solid ensemble that is the cast of BBC's Ghosts is no mean feat. As we await the fifth and final series, here are some of the show's most memorable guest performances so far.
Laura Vickers-Green, Den Of Geek, 3rd August 2023Everyone Else Burns returning to Channel 4 for a second series
Everyone Else Burns is returning to Channel 4 for a second series, cast member Morgana Robinson has revealed.
British Comedy Guide, 1st May 2023Everyone Else Burns review
Everyone Else Burns, written by relative newcomers Dillon Mapletoft and Oliver Taylor, is a strikingly fresh sitcom while at the same time touching on some instantly recognisable tropes - the family dynamic, dad worried about his status, rivalry, meddling neighbours. It takes a few swipes at religion but actually in a fairly benign way.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 23rd January 2023Everyone Else Burns review
It's the end of the world... and it's remarkably mundane.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 23rd January 2023'Sketch will never die!': Edinburgh fringe super troupes Tarot, Sheeps and Britney
It's a form of comedy that has fallen out of favour with TV, but a trio of fun acts are keeping the sketch flame alive.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 15th August 2022