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The TV stars just being themselves
Tuesday 29 May 2012
A little self-parody can go a long way in an acting career, says Gerard Gilbert. Just ask Matt LeBlanc...
The TV stars who are just being themselves
Tuesday 29 May 2012
A little self-parody can go a long way. Just ask Matt LeBlanc...
UK Uncut plan anti-cuts 'street party' demonstrations
Thursday 24 May 2012
Anti-cuts activists plan to block roads and hold street parties this weekend as part of a campaign to promote alternatives to austerity.
You might die laughing – Sacha Baron Cohen's Dictator stages comedy coup
Friday 11 May 2012
Sacha Baron Cohen brought guns, girls and the expected dose of controversy to the red carpet
Australian comic Minchin makes a risqué castaway with sex doll suggestion
Sunday 06 May 2012
Listeners to BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs could be left spluttering into their cornflakes this morning after castaway Tim Minchin suggested a robotic sex doll could be a good choice of luxury.
The electrifying power of game show hosts
Sunday 15 April 2012
Unwitting participants in a scientific study were egged on to inflict pain on contestants in a fake TV show
Diary: Ukip's Tory defectors could be thorn in the side for PM
Thursday 12 April 2012
The UK Independence Party has more reason than any other to complain about the British election system: despite winning 900,000 votes at the last general election it has no MPs. In the European Parliament, which is elected by proportional representation, the party has a dozen MEPs.
Between the Covers 25/03/2012
Sunday 25 March 2012
Your weekly guide to what's really going on inside the world of books
Kazakh champion's golden moment is tarnished ... by a rendition of Borat's anthem
Saturday 24 March 2012
Spoof from Baron Cohen's film played by mistake at medal ceremony
The lengths (and widths) they go to... Frank Skinner dives in
Saturday 24 March 2012
Comedian overcomes his fear of swimming to complete a length for Sport Relief
David Baddiel: Comedy and sport: linked by a level playing field
Friday 23 March 2012
What, apart from Mick McCarthy's nose ("like a Dairylea Triangle just about hanging on to his face", as I read it described on one fansite), is the connection between sport and comedy? When I did Fantasy Football, I discovered that football's status as a subculture allows for a particular kind of comedy: the laughter of those who are laughing more because they know not everyone gets the reference. It's a laugh enhanced by the associated feeling of being part of a club; a club that consists of those who did not just have to google Images: Mick McCarthy.
David Baddiel: Comedy and sport are linked by a level playing field
Friday 23 March 2012
I think comedians see a parallel universe in the muscularity of sport, in the no nonsense-ness of it
Bye-bye, possums! After 50 years in the spotlight, Dame Edna exits stage left
Monday 19 March 2012
Farewell, possums. Barry Humphries, the man behind the big glasses and purple hair of Australia's first lady, has announced he is retiring Dame Edna Everage from the stage after admitting he is feeling a "bit senior".
How We Met: Ed Byrne & Andrew Maxwell
Sunday 04 March 2012
'We were exotic strangers competing for notches on the bedpost'
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