Roy Greenslade
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Imagine Rebekah Brooks roller-skating through The Sun
It's a glorious, irreverent post-hacking lampoon, a fantasy set in the 1970s with flairs, moustaches and disco music, that tells the story of Rebekah, an ingenue from the north of England who, having accidentally become chief executive of News International, gets embroiled (innocently of course) in a scandal.
Roy Greenslade, The Guardian, 6th January 2016World premiere for One Rogue Reporter
In effect, the indefatigable Rich Peppiatt, who claims to be a "recovering tabloid hack", has transformed his successful Edinburgh fringe stage show on to film, but with a great deal of additional material.
Roy Greenslade, The Guardian, 12th May 2014Why I am uneasy about coverage of Jim Davidson's arrest
I have never been a Jim Davidson fan. I didn't like his gags or his political views. Once forced to sit through one of his live stand-up performances, I thought his act stank. That said, the rest of the audience seemed to love it and I certainly admired his professionalism. I am concerned on his behalf, however, after seeing today's national newspaper coverage of his arrest.
Roy Greenslade, The Guardian, 3rd January 2013Peppiatt turns the tables on tabloid editors
Rich Peppiatt's one-man show at the Edinburgh festival is replete with some highly entertaining material in which he turns the tables on tabloid editors.
Roy Greenslade, The Guardian, 3rd August 2012The Times blows away The Bugle
The Times is to cease publishing a satirical podcast that ruthlessly mocked the paper's owners over the phone hacking scandal. Andy Zaltzman, who stars in the weekly show with John Oliver, said he was informed on Tuesday that their efforts on The Bugle would not be supported by the paper next year.
Roy Greenslade, The Guardian, 15th December 2011Few laughs as paper appoints Jim Davidson
Journalists at the Torquay-based Herald Express are not laughing. They are outraged that following a spate of redundancies the paper has taken on a new columnist, the comedian Jim Davidson.
Roy Greenslade, The Guardian, 16th November 2010