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  • Smarmy posh-paws Michael McIntyre hasn’t always been a successful standup comedian – once upon a time he was heavily in debt. So it was with a smile that I saw...

    Sticking it to the Man!

    Smarmy posh-paws Michael McIntyre hasn’t always been a successful standup comedian – once upon a time he was heavily in debt. So it was with a smile that I saw...

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  • Frankie will be trying out some brand new material in preparation for the new series of Mock the Week in three exclusive workshop performances next month at Riverside Studios in...

    Frankie Boyle Preview Gigs

    Frankie will be trying out some brand new material in preparation for the new series of Mock the Week in three exclusive workshop performances next month at Riverside Studios in...

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  • Prince Charles celebrates his 60th birthday this year, and among various engagements Thursday November 13th was the date that The Princes’ Trust – an organisation setup by Charles to help...

    John Cleese – Completely Different Emcee

    Prince Charles celebrates his 60th birthday this year, and among various engagements Thursday November 13th was the date that The Princes’ Trust – an organisation setup by Charles to help...

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  • You may have seen the brief reuniting of Andrew Sachs and John Cleese on Prince Charles’s 60th birthday celebrations thing last night on ITV1 – or even at the venue...

    Fawlty Reunion

    You may have seen the brief reuniting of Andrew Sachs and John Cleese on Prince Charles’s 60th birthday celebrations thing last night on ITV1 – or even at the venue...

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  • This is a superb piece from Rowan Atkinson’s legendary one-man show (which also featured Angus Deayton for a time) httpv://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=fTzXJMU1sLc

    Rowan Atkinson Live – Amazing Jesus

    This is a superb piece from Rowan Atkinson’s legendary one-man show (which also featured Angus Deayton for a time) httpv://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=fTzXJMU1sLc

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  • Steve Coogan‘s first tour in a very long time sees the comic master bringing back Alan Partridge, Paul and Pauling Calf and other (less successful) characters, as the name of...

    Alan Partridge and Other Less Successful Characters

    Steve Coogan‘s first tour in a very long time sees the comic master bringing back Alan Partridge, Paul and Pauling Calf and other (less successful) characters, as the name of...

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  • If there was ever a “secret” gig that I would want to go to outside of the world of music, it would be Robin Williams turning up at the London...

    Robin Williams at LSE

    If there was ever a “secret” gig that I would want to go to outside of the world of music, it would be Robin Williams turning up at the London...

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  • “In England they’ve got no time for comedy. They don’t laugh at all. They have no muscles in their faces. So they just stare blankly with their dead, cold eyes.”...

    Oh Danny Bhoy…

    “In England they’ve got no time for comedy. They don’t laugh at all. They have no muscles in their faces. So they just stare blankly with their dead, cold eyes.”...

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  • It has been a very long time coming, but finally at last my home town of Middlesbrough has established a regular comedy night! A monthly affair at the Town Hall...

    Live Comedy in Middlesbrough!

    It has been a very long time coming, but finally at last my home town of Middlesbrough has established a regular comedy night! A monthly affair at the Town Hall...

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  • Here’s Irish comic Ed Byrne doing some standup… this routine covers Alanis Morrisette’s song Ironic, and Byrne beautifully deconstructs it into the composite parts; frankly there’s more irony in the...

    Ed Byrne Standup

    Here’s Irish comic Ed Byrne doing some standup… this routine covers Alanis Morrisette’s song Ironic, and Byrne beautifully deconstructs it into the composite parts; frankly there’s more irony in the...

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