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Comedy nominees for BAFTA TV Awards 2017
Camping, Fleabag, Flowers, People Just Do Nothing, The Last Leg and Taskmaster are amongst the nominees for the 2017 BAFTA TV Awards.
British Comedy Guide, 11th April 2017Preview - Room 101
The final episode in the current series sees Frankie Boyle, Diane Morgan and Nicola Adams trying to persuade Frank Skinner to get rid of the things they hate the most.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 17th March 2017Chortle Awards 2017 nominees announced
The nominees for the Chortle Awards 2017 have been announced. David Baddiel, Bridget Christie, Richard Gadd, Kieran Hodgson and Stewart Lee are shortlisted for best live show.
British Comedy Guide, 16th February 2017The last in the series finds the famous "going for an English" sketch from Goodness Gracious Me dissected by, among others, Meera Syal, who helped to create it. Then an impressive haul of celebs, including Nigel Planer, David Baddiel, Ricky Tomlinson, Maxine Peake, Diane Morgan, Russell Tovey and Josie Lawrence, discuss everything from Spaced, The Day Today and Blackadder to Till Death Us Do Part, all in Gogglebox style.
Ben Arnold, The Guardian, 1st February 2017Diane Morgan and Maxine Peake develop sitcom project
Diane Morgan has revealed she is writing a sitcom in which she and Maxine Peake would play 'wildly different sisters'.
British Comedy Guide, 1st February 2017Velvet Onion's top TV comedy performances of 2016
No matter what else occurred in 2016, it was a bit of a cracking year for 'our sort' of comedy on TV.
The Velvet Onion, 29th January 2017Charlie Brooker's 2016 Wipe review
Cynical metropolitan elitists such as myself have one thing to hold onto at the end of this abysmal year: Charlie Brooker tearing it to bleeding shreds.
Joseph Hallas, On The Box, 30th December 2016Philomena Cunk explains everything about Christmas
"It's illegal to sing carols at any other time of year, so people make the most of it at Christmas by coming round your house and singing at you until you give them stuff"
Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris, Radio Times, 29th December 2016TV preview: Cunk on Christmas, BBC Two
Following a one-off on Shakespeare earlier this year Philomena Cunk returns with a seasonal sequel exploring the meaning and traditions of Christmas. It's an important time of the year, she tells us. In fact as Cunk explains at the start of the programme in her distinctive flat northern tones, "Christmas is such a big deal even Richard Dawkins probably does it."
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 29th December 2016The gormless Cunk gives the viewer a survey of Christmas and tries to work out the meaning of it all. She is ruthless in dismantling the religious aspects of the season. Indeed, when she wants somewhere quiet to film she chooses a church. There's no chance that'll be busy. We also learn about Britain's greatest Prime Minister, "Charles Dickings", and she meets various historians to discuss past Christmas traditions. As ever, they seem sufficiently awkward that we're never sure if they're in on the joke.
Julie McDowall, The National (Scotland), 29th December 2016