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TV: How The Young Ones Changed Comedy, Gold
Is it really nearly 40 years since The Young Ones exploded onto BBC2 and gave British comedy a great big kick up the arse? I thought I knew a fair bit about the series, but this in-depth documentary sheds new light alongside retreading familiar ground.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 26th May 2018Live review: Richard Herring
Herring is definitely a much better stand-up than he was ten years ago.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 6th May 2018Richard Herring gets Emergency Questions publishing deal
Richard Herring is to release his biggest collection yet of Emergency Questions in a new book, after signing a publishing deal.
British Comedy Guide, 19th April 2018Richard Herring: Oh Frig I'm 50 - review
Herring is the most unlikely comedian to grow old gracefully, but that's definitely what seems to be happening.
Jo Beggs, The Reviews Hub, 16th April 2018Richard Herring interview
Richard Herring returns to Ireland next month on his Oh Frig, I'm 50! tour. David Roy quizzed the top stand-up, writer and podcaster about celebrating half a century of existence and his current state of relative contentment
David Roy, The Irish News, 23rd March 2018Chortle Awards 2018 results
The results of the Chortle Awards 2018 have been revealed.
British Comedy Guide, 19th March 2018How Lee and Herring subverted TV and bewildered the BBC
Picture the scene: it's a gentle Sunday lunchtime in the late 1990s. Some dreary politics show has just finished on BBC One. The smell of roast potatoes wafts through the house. Grandma's dozing in the armchair, a neighbour's out washing their car, and the wholesome warbling of Radio 4 hangs in the air. Ahhh, Sunday.
Then you turn over to BBC Two, where a grown man wearing fake breasts is squirting milk into the face of a Prince William effigy.
Tom Fordy, The Telegraph, 14th February 2018Chortle Awards 2018 nominees
The nominees for the Chortle Awards 2018 have been announced. Mat Ewins, Hannah Gadsby, John Kearns and Joseph Morpurgo are up for Best Show.
British Comedy Guide, 7th February 2018When comedy double acts split
David Baddiel, Andy Zaltzman, Richard Herring and other comics on fame, failure and friendship.
Simon Parkin, The Guardian, 27th January 2018Britain's Hardest Working Comedians of 2017 announced
Gary Delaney has been announced as Britain's Hardest Working Comedian of 2017, in data analysed by Ents24. The full top 20 is in this story.
British Comedy Guide, 5th December 2017