British Comedy Guide

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Adam Hills: dream Last Leg guest would be David Cameron

"He was my dream guest, then he went away from being my dream guest and now he's my dream guest again."

Niamh OConnor, Radio Times, 13th April 2017

John Oliver: 'David Cameron can't attack a hotdog'

As the British anchor of America's funniest current-affairs series, the TV satirist is uniquely placed to educate each nation about the other. Here he tackles the basics, from Brexit to, er, turducken...

Gabriel Tate, The Guardian, 27th February 2016

Eddie Izzard on his plans to run for Labour

David Cameron, you have been warned. If Jeremy Corbyn sans lounge suit is too much to bear, perhaps it's time to look away now. Britain's best-known transvestite Eddie Izzard has set his mind on running for Parliament at the next election.

Tom McTague, The Independent, 27th February 2016

Stag is 'Bullingdon Club meets The Revenant'

Hitting television screens later this week is a brilliant new dark comedy from BBC Two that evokes the likes of Boris Johnson and David Cameron with Tom Hardy and Leonardo DiCaprio on a nightmare weekend in Scotland.

Cameron K McEwan, Metro, 20th February 2016

Barry Humphries: BBC insisted I mock Cameron as well

Barry Humphries, the Australian comedian best known for playing Dame Edna Everage, has mocked the BBC for refusing to let him make jokes about Jeremy Corbyn without also ridiculing David Cameron.

Jasper Jackson, The Guardian, 5th January 2016

Russell Howard on the biggest news stories of 2015

Russell Howard's Good News has just returned to BBC Two, but in its absence from our screens he missed out on the chance to comment on Greece going broke, Fifa getting busted, Jeremy Corbyn rising to power and David Cameron's piggate. We took it upon ourselves to rectify that.

David Renshaw, NME, 22nd October 2015

Whatever happened to Jeremy Clarkson? He doesn't seem to have been on TV much lately but here he is, hosting the first edition of the unstoppable topical quiz's 50th series. Expect zingers about the refugee crisis and Jeremy Corbyn's sandals, plus perhaps some insight into what his friend David Cameron gets up to in the Oxfordshire countryside. Flanking the Jezmeister are regular captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton, as well as Pointless star Richard Osman and Camilla Long.

Jack Seale, The Guardian, 2nd October 2015

Joe Lycett interview

Joe Lycett talks pansexuality, David Cameron being "attractive" and risking his life in the bath.

Gay Times, 23rd September 2015

Comedians respond to Corbyn-mania

It has actually been David Cameron's comments that prompted the pithiest satire.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 14th September 2015

David Baddiel: conspiracy theories and blaming Jews

David Cameron was right to identify antisemitism as a step towards extremism. But how to tackle it remains a major challenge.

David Baddiel, The Guardian, 22nd July 2015

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