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Steve Hall answers 10 Edinburgh Fringe Questions

Steve Hall is back performing stand-up after a few years away. Time to catch up with him...

British Comedy Guide, 21st July 2015

Interview: Steve Bugeja's journey from USA to stand-up

A summer camp in Pennsylvania was the unlikely stage for former Bishop's Stortford High School pupil Steve Bugeja to try stand-up comedy.

Tom Durham, Herts and Essex Observer, 20th July 2015

Was that possibly the weirdest reality show ever?

Lookalikes wasn't without its entertaining side - mainly when it came to grading the lookalikes. Gordon Ramsay: good. Linda Robson: er, really? Del Boy and Patsy Stone: brilliant.

Catriona Wrightman, Digital Spy, 20th July 2015

Revealed: What 'The Last Leg' could have been called

Some of the working titles for the show included Blind Men Can Jump and Dwarves Aren't Magic.

Chortle, 19th July 2015

PhoneShop could still return: "Never say never"

If you were a fan of E4's PhoneShop, the good news is that the show might not be done quite yet. Series creator Phil Bowker described the experience of working on PhoneShop as "fantastic" and refused to rule out a possible return.

Morgan Jeffery, Digital Spy, 19th July 2015

Derek and Clive are as shocking today as they ever were

Derek and Clive, the characters created in a moment of boredom by Dudley Moore and Peter Cook in 1973, ruined a lot of things for me - lobsters (I can't look at them without thinking of Jayne Mansfield's bum), horse-racing (in my head all the runners have lewd names) and anyone called Colin (you'd best look it up). But for this I am eternally grateful.

Fiona Sturges, The Independent, 18th July 2015

Will comedy ever become high culture & should it care?

Comedy is growing out of pubs and arenas, and making inroads into respected arts festivals - but could it lose its edge as a result?

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 17th July 2015

Alex Edelman on Steve Martin

In his perfectly pitched standup routines, Martin lacerated Hollywood's celebrity culture from within. His jokes are as honed as his banjo playing.

Alex Edelman, The Guardian, 15th July 2015

Seven questions with... Thünderbards

The comedy double-act Thünderbards is made up of comics Glenn Moore and Matt Stevens and has been described as "without question one of the funniest sketch shows on the Fringe" by GQ.

Becca Moody, Moody Comedy, 15th July 2015

Stephen Merchant 'exhausted' but relieved by Mentalists

Stephen Merchant described his West End debut as "exhausting", but claimed it was not as terrifying as stand-up comedy.

Alistair Foster, Evening Standard, 14th July 2015

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