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Rhodri Marsden

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The lighter side of the (former) Brexit deadline

A comedian, author and musician tell BBC News why they wanted to mark the date the UK was to have left the EU.

Neil Smith, BBC, 31st October 2019

Frank Sidebottom: The man behind the papier mâché

Working for the comedian and singer Frank Sidebottom was an education and an oddly profound experience, recalls a one-time member of his backing band.

Rhodri Marsden, The Independent, 21st April 2014

Interesting objects: Tommy Cooper's fez

Sophisticated men with style used to wear a fez as part of their luxury smoking garb. Cooper transformed it into a comedy prop.

Rhodri Marsden, The Independent, 12th April 2014

Frank Sidebottom's gone. I can barely believe it

I'd loved Chris Sievey's papier-mache-headed creation since I was a teenager and playing alongside him was, like so much in Frank Sidebottom's world, 'fantastic'.

Rhodri Marsden, The Guardian, 22nd June 2010

Why I Hate...Never Mind the Buzzcocks

Never Mind the Buzzcocks has been masquerading as comedy for more than ten years, and a brow-furrowing 21 series. They'd be better off sticking Phill Jupitus and Bill Bailey on a sofa with a couple of pints and letting them discuss 30 minutes of archive pop videos. That's where the value of the show is. Everything else is fulfilling some desperate criteria to appeal to the 15-25 demographic, while forgetting about what actually makes good telly.

Rhodri Marsden, Radio Times, 13th February 2008

Radio Times Blog Review

Watching Brooker administer corporal punishment to the stupidities and excesses of today's television can be a strange experience - mainly because the medium he is savaging has allowed him to do such a thing.

Rhodri Marsden, Radio Times, 11th October 2007

The 100 Funniest People On Twitter

We asked our 75,000 followers to nominate the Tweeters that regularly made them laugh - the ones that were frequently mentioned got added to the pile.

The Poke, 7th December 2002

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