Despite recent waves of kitsch nostalgia for it, British comedy in the ’70s was, for the most part, truly horrible. From stages to small and large screens, demeaning and predictable stereotypes of ...

Over thirty years ago, a new wave of stand-ups spearheaded the Alternative Comedy movement, marking themselves out as different from the safe television turns, the Oxbridge satirists, and the racist ...

Angus Deayton traces the development of a new wave of British comedy. After years of sedate, "safe" comedy, TV humor took on a sharper, sometimes harsher edge thanks to a strong upsurge in comedy ...

Tonight's opener sees Tony Law, Bridget Christie, and Kevin Eldon included in the line-up. Stewart Lee meets them backstage. Tonight the madcap Paul Foot is joined by the musical David O'Doherty, Nish ...

Podcasts keep us company while we do chores, they accompany us on long road trips, and the hosts become friends that will probably never know we exist. I got into podcasts in 2018 when I became a ...

Dru Cripps has five comedy awards all of varying acclaim. Cripps is a two time British Comedy Guide award winner, he won first place in the musical comedy awards 2026, the Malcolm Hardee award... etc.