Press clippings Page 16
New hosts revealed for The News Quiz
The News Quiz will return to Radio 4 in 2020 with three hosts: Nish Kumar, Angela Barnes and Andy Zaltzman. Each will host a series.
British Comedy Guide, 17th December 2019The decade in comedy
Mental health, sexism and watching stand-up through screens.
Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 15th December 2019Nish Kumar gig in Brighton turns 'ugly and hostile'
A Nish Kumar gig at the Brighton Dome turned "ugly and hostile" last night. Kumar was the headline act and the first half of his performance went into great detail about the recent "bread roll incident" - which saw the political comedian being booed and heckled and eventually a bread roll thrown at the stage at the Lord Taverner's charity event earlier this month. But towards the end of the Brighton set, The Mash Report presenter was interrupted by a number of hecklers. One repeatedly shouted at him not to talk about the election, another simply shouted "bread roll" and told him to tell a joke, and another made remarks about minorities.
Ginny Sanderson, Brighton and Hove News, 15th December 2019Details of Alternative Election Night line-up revealed
Joining the political bigwigs will be a host comedians including: Jimmy Carr, Nish Kumar, Henning Wehn, Geoff Norcott, Sophie Willan and Tez Ilyas.
Channel 4, 11th December 2019Dealing with Brexit comedy: a lesson from Nish Kumar
A comedian being booed off stage is not normally a major headline story. But the case of Nish Kumar, heckled by an audience for espousing his politics during a set, has highlighted the way that rifts over Brexit have influenced our comedy. Is there a way to laugh at this most divisive of subjects?
Reece Goodall, The Boar, 10th December 2019Brexit-deranged comedians are biggest bores
When exposed to an audience not populated by the usual hand-picked sycophants, Kumar's tedious schtick finally got the reaction it deserved.
Madeline Grant, The Telegraph, 4th December 2019Nish Kumar and the trouble with clapter comedy
His material doesn't work if you don't already agree with him. No wonder he was booed.
Tom Slater, Spiked, 4th December 2019Radio Times TV 100 2019: Phoebe Waller-Bridge tops list
The result is a rundown of 100 TV stars who've had a tremendous past 12 months. Fleabag co-stars Olivia Colman and Andrew Scott came 13th and 21st respectively.
Morgan Jeffery, Radio Times, 3rd December 2019Nish Kumar: They're more easily offended than I thought
Nish Kumar has defended his set at the Lord's Taverners' Christmas lunch on Monday, claiming 'they were more easily offended than I thought they would be' as the event descended into chaos.
Max Winters & Mike Keegan, Daily Mail, 3rd December 2019Nish Kumar and the anti-Brexit comedy club
The disastrous reception given to comedian Nish Kumar at yesterday's Lord's Taverners' lunch is a sign that the maintained sector of British comedy has fallen victim to lazy groupthink and general mediocrity.
Patrick O'Flynn, The Spectator, 3rd December 2019