Ian Burrell
- Journalist
Press clippings
Our best comics are being picked up by US streamers
Amazon Prime Video, Netflix and other online streamers are snapping up the UK's best comedy talent as the BBC loses favour.
Ian Burrell, i Newspaper, 5th August 2019How People Just Do Nothing has triumphed
The BBC comedy People Just Do Nothing has undergone a seven-year journey from raw webisodes on a homemade YouTube channel called Wasteman TV, to a slot on Netflix US and growing popularity with American hipsters.
Ian Burrell, i Newspaper, 11th September 2017Satire is a dying genre - who could satirise this?
When the leader of the free world is a planet-threatening anti-hero so frightening that he would test the credulity of readers of Marvel comics, it's a challenging time for the political satirist.
Ian Burrell, i Newspaper, 4th June 2017Iain Lee 'quits' BBC radio show after 'bigot' row
The well-known stand-up clashed with Christian lawyer Libby Powell during an on-air interview over anti-gay Biblical passages.
Ian Burrell, The Independent, 17th November 2015Adil Ray plans to take Citizen Khan to the big screen
A film on the theme 'Citizen Khan Goes to America' would allow Ray to explore terrorism and airport security.
Ian Burrell, The Independent, 28th October 2015Channel 4 takes stake in Sacha Baron Cohen company
Channel 4 is to go into partnership with Sacha Baron Cohen by investing in his new television comedy company, reviving its relationship with the comedian who first appeared as Ali G while working on the network in 1998.
Ian Burrell, The Independent, 8th October 2015Mark Thomas to sue Met Police over 'snooping'
The Metropolitan Police is being sued by the television presenter and satirist Mark Thomas and five other journalists who claim they were unlawfully snooped on by a little-known Scotland Yard unit dedicated to "domestic extremism".
Ian Burrell, The Independent, 20th November 2014How two brothers helped set up Feeling Nuts
Wendy Gough lost her teenage son Matthew to the disease 16 years ago. Now, two of her disciples - Simon Salter and Andrew Salter - are using social media to shatter the taboo of talking about testicular cancer.
Ian Burrell, The Independent, 23rd October 2014Vicky McClure to make comedy series set in Nottingham
The Bafta-winning actress Vicky McClure, star of the film and drama series This is England, is set to produce a comedy series based in her home city of Nottingham. McClure is hoping that the series will be aired by the new local television franchise Notts TV, which launched this week.
Ian Burrell, The Independent, 29th May 2014British comedian John Oliver has last laugh in the US
He performed with David Mitchell and Richard Ayoade in Cambridge Footlights but John Oliver had to emigrate to gain recognition.
Ian Burrell, The Independent, 27th April 2014