Paul McCartney

Remembering 'Eat The Rich', a comedy music movie like no other

Through its obnoxiousness and scathing attack on British moral values, Eat The Rich set forth the manifesto for alternative comedy that would come to the fore throughout the remainder of the second millennium.

How Tony Way met Paul McCartney thanks to Sean Lock

"I met Paul McCartney because of Sean Locke [sic], just after meeting Sean himself," his Twitter post began. "He shouted 'Oi Paul!' Across Soho Sq, Paul waved back, came over and chatted for half an hour."

Billy Connolly: It's Been A Pleasure review

Billy Connolly: It's Been A Pleasure was special, not just because of the calibre of talking head - Paul McCartney, Dustin Hoffman and Elton John don't often do this sort of thing, let's face it - but because they nearly all had something intelligent to say.

Billy Connolly: It's Been A Pleasure review

Yes, at 78, he won't be on stage and more, and yes, there were a few emotional minutes at the end where that loss was noted - with Connolly especially touched when the tributes were shown to him.

Billy Connolly: It's Been A Pleasure review

A superficial but well-made tribute to the comedy god.

This is not the moment for ponderous blockbuster cinema: concentration spans, we are told, are plummeting in the Covid era. So if you're fretting at home, here is a film that will take your mind off things: the Beatles' super-entertaining feature from 1964, which showcased their ease and humour in front of the camera as well as director Richard Lester's gift for experimentation. A blast.

DVD review - Morecambe and Wise: Two of a Kind

We all remember the classic Morecambe and Wise sketches and Christmas specials that they made for the BBC, but their first TV success was arguably over on commercial television, at ATV in the 1960s. This series was Two of a Kind and it spawned some of the double act's most famous routines.

Radio Times review

If variety should offer sights you never thought you'd see, this episode is a triumph. Among the entertainments is Jason Manford tap-dancing, a troupe of performing budgerigars and a Chinese group doing a "dance of a thousand hands" that would mesmerise Busby Berkeley himself.

Unlike the rest of the week on ITV, nobody here is buzzered off or pleading for the public to vote for them. They're just good. On the downside, pianist Lang Lang hooks up with Croatian duo 2Cellos for a clattering, bull-in-a-china-shop cover of Live and Let Die. Paul McCartney should sue.

Introducing ... David Jesudason, Things My Dad Says

His old man loves Jim Davidson but hates Paul McCartney - and provides David Jesudason with some comedy gold.