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Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense, review

The absurdities of the upper classes are visited on theatre audiences again. The master is the nice-but-dim chinless wonder Bertie Wooster who parries with his indefatigable valet Jeeves. Writer PG Wodehouse was a masterful social critic and wordsmith but this world of deferential butlers, dotty aunts and upper-class twits and the gentle ribbing they take may seem to some a little hollow in a modern-day Britain that is lorded over by an Old Etonian ruling class.

Ken Wilson, TV Bomb, 13th May 2015

Jeeves & Wooster: Perfect Nonsense review

A lifelong fan of the works of P. G. Wodehouse, I was very much looking forward to tonight's performance of Jeeves And Wooster: Perfect Nonsense at the Kings Theatre, Edinburgh. Yes, I was dubious as to whether it would stand up to the classic 90's television adaptions, famously portrayed by Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, but when it comes to Wodehouse how can you possibly go wrong?

Alex Eades, Edinburgh Guide, 12th May 2015

Stephen Mangan reveals run in with Hollywood cops

Episodes star Stephen Mangan has revealed he feared he was about to be arrested in Los Angeles - but the police were just stopping him to say they loved the show.

The Irish Examiner, 10th May 2015

Paul Abbott developing No Offence Series 2

Paul Abbott is developing a second series of No Offence as he looks to replicate the success of Shameless, according to the show's executive producer.

Broadcast, 8th May 2015

Liverpool Comedy Festival 2015 dates revealed

This year's event will run from September 18 to October 4 at venues across the city, organisers The Comedy Trust announced today.

Catherine Jones, Liverpool Echo, 6th May 2015

Seven questions with... Ed Gamble

Ed Gamble (half of stand up and podcasting double act Peacock & Gamble) is a comedian that is fast becoming a regular face on television, with appearances on Russell Howard's Good News, Virtually Famous and Sweat the Small Stuff. He is a regular presenter on Fubar Radio as well as co-writing the critically acclaimed Peacock and Gamble Podcast. Ed will be performing his second solo show Lawman at Canon's Gait (1.15pm) at this year's Edinburgh festival. To find out a little more, I asked Ed these seven questions...

Becca Moody, Moody Comedy, 30th April 2015

W1A's Clarkson episode was clever and funny

If the BBC is always in damage limitation mode then W1A is something like a controlled burn to halt a forest fire.

Benji Wilson, The Telegraph, 25th April 2015

Seven questions with... Chris Coltrane

Chris Coltrane is a stand-up comedian who makes it his business to talk about activism and, in turn, makes a valiant attempt at inspiring his audiences to become more of an engaged and interested part of society.

Becca Moody, Moody Comedy, 25th April 2015

W1A: can a BBC satire about the BBC ever really bite?

If W1A were made by ITV or Channel 4, the storyline would have shown BBC executives desperately wondering whether they could get away with exonerating Clarkson for alleged violence - or, as satire works by exaggeration, even murder - because of his commercial value to the organisation. External writers might also have had fun with the negotiations between PR and legal teams that presumably led to the use of the antique term "fracas" to describe his actions.

Mark Lawson, The Guardian, 23rd April 2015

W1A is back, and its aim is as sharp as ever

The mockumentary's second season opens with an hour long special - but some of it hits a bit too close to home.

Rachel Cooke, The New Statesman, 23rd April 2015

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