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Comedy podcasts round-up 1: from home and abroad
Podcasts have got many of us through 2020, starved as we have been for most of it of live comedy to leave the house to see. Here's a selection of some of the best; they are available on all podcast platforms unless stated.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 7th December 2020Armstrong and Miller revive their Timeghost podcast
Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller have reunited to relaunch a comedy podcast.The pair have not collaborated on a major project for more than a decade.
Chortle, 20th May 2020Hat Trick launches podcast division
Kicks off with Armstrong and Miller commission.
Max Goldbart, Broadcast, 19th May 2020Comedians on their famous lookalikes
Bridget Christie, Frank Skinner, Ben Miller, Rylan Clark-Neal and Jade Thirlwall channel the famous people they get mistaken for.
The Guardian, 13th January 202012 Days of Christmas Specials 8: Nan's Christmas Carol
In 2009 Catherine Tate had an idea to make Nan's Christmas Carol. Despite being told that it was far too late to put a special into production for that year (apparently it was already November) the cast and crew managed to pull-off a truly excellent special that deserves to be remembered.
Rhianna Evans, The Comedy Blog, 21st December 2019Ben Miller: funny man who needs to take on office bully
One half of the comedy duo Armstrong and Miller stars in ITV's new drama about workplace victimisation.
Joe Clay, The Times, 7th December 2019Cast revealed for Off The Rails comedy film
Sally Phillips, Kelly Preston and Jenny Seagrove will star in Off The Rails, a comedy film about three women who go interrailing.
British Comedy Guide, 11th February 2019Rowan Atkinson's Bond spoof revival falls flat
The title of this perfunctory second sequel in the inexplicably successful semi-Bond spoof franchise feels more like a threat than a promise of more genuine laughs, if there were many in the first place.
Ross Miller, The National (Scotland), 5th October 2018Review: Johnny English Strikes Again
The premise of Rowan Atkinson's third Johnny English film - a good seven years after the last - is that our titular secret agent is an analogue hero in a digital age.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 5th October 2018Johnny English Strikes Again review
Fans of Atkinson and of the Johnny English franchise should be happy enough with the new adventure but even they may wonder if the filmmakers could have done just a little more
Geoffrey MacNab, The Independent, 4th October 2018