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David Baddiel reveals why you have to laugh at illness

Comic and writer David Baddiel has said he talks about "sad and difficult" topics including his father's dementia, as a way of "processing" life.

BBC, 27th May 2018

Sarah Kendall: One-Seventeen review

Kendall's journey through time and space leaves you laughing and moved in her most personal work to date.

Ian Cater, What's On London, 24th May 2018

The Young Ones never gets old

The show starring four students sharing a grotty house only lasted 12 episodes yet it "turned sitcoms on their head".

Rick Fulton, Daily Record, 23rd May 2018

Tiff Stevenson on sexism in comedy

She doesn't think #MeToo should be off-limits for male comics -- but jokes live and die by how good they are. "It just means that your s****y, base misogynistic jokes aren't gonna work now. That's kind of the last bastion. We knocked out s****y racist jokes," she says. "The amount of male comics I see doing jokes about how disgusting their wives' vaginas were after they'd given birth, you just go 'oh, bore off'."

Jessie Thompson, Evening Standard, 22nd May 2018

Unscripted special was a sing-along TV event

Monday's special doesn't really fit into the continuity of John and Kayleigh's love story -- it was more an opportunity for real-life friends Peter and Sian to crack each other up while chatting about everything from chicken kievs, dogs randomly pooping on the sidewalk and decapitation. Let's just say the comedy was cracking!

Justin Harp, Digital Spy, 7th May 2018

Seven questions with... Lorna Shaw (Ava Rage)

Ava Rage is a character played by comedian and actress Lorna Shaw. 'Born out of an existential crisis', Ava is a force to be reckoned with; she's loud, musical and extravagant. The show, 'Ava Rage' will be at the Brighton Fringe from the 3rd-5th May and tickets are available here.

Becca Moody, Moody Comedy, 4th May 2018

Noel Fielding: 'Everything Salvador DalĂ­ did was funny'

The comedian stars as one of his heroes, goth-rocker Alice Cooper, in Sky's latest Urban Myths romp - so why did he pitch to play its other lead character, the clown prince of surrealism?

Stuart Jeffries, The Guardian, 2nd May 2018

Benidorm's last ever episode review

An abrupt end for this old-fashioned comedy.

Ed Power, The Telegraph, 2nd May 2018

Julia Davis returns to Sky with Sally4Ever

Julia Davis has created a new dark comedy for Sky One about a woman whose love affair spirals quickly out of control.

British Comedy Guide, 1st May 2018

Dawn French: I'd never close door on French & Saunders

"We never close the door on French and Saunders. There are no immediate plans because Fatty and I both are booked up into next year. But the minute there is a window of opportunity, we'll be in there!"

What's On TV, 24th April 2018

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