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WEBMolly McGuinness talks about bean slop, cars with eyelashes, and munching mattresses in this new clip from Comedy Central Live. The comic says she's been single so long she relates to the TV show My Strange Addiction and how it's only old men that fancies her. McGuinness also describes herself as 'the Salford Hannah Montana' because she does a ...
How there could have been a sequel to The Young Ones
WEBDec 9, 2021 · Writer Lise Mayer wanted to make The Middle-Aged Ones. Groundbreaking 1980s sitcom The Young Ones could have had a follow-up entitled The Middle-Aged Ones, co-creator Lise Mayer has revealed. The writer said she always wanted to catch up with students Rick, Vyvyan, Neil and Mike later in life. And …
It Ain't Half Hot Mum – where are they now?
WEBJan 21, 2019 · Following It Ain't Half Hot Mum, he appeared in two episodes of Only Fools and Horses as policeman Terry Hoskins, and as the recurring character of Ron Bigmore in Mr Majeika. He was briefly reunited with Windsor Davies in Never The Twain, playing a barman in two 1988 episodes. Mitchell died from cancer at the age of 53, in …
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WEBSep 21, 2024 · Ben Elton: Authentic Stupidity. Tour review. 19/09/2024 … Ben Elton is well aware of his evolution from the politicised firebrand who was the public face of 1980s alternative comedy to elder statesman of the stand-up scene,…
Stewart Lee: Basic Lee : Reviews 2022 : Chortle : The UK Comedy …
WEBSep 28, 2022 · It’s a reviewers’ cliché to call something a masterclass of comedy, but Stewart Lee’s latest show is almost literally that, as he gives what can loosely be described as a lecture in the artform: talking about writing material in part one, performing it in part two.. His whole career has been underpinned by doing comedy about comedy – and Basic Lee is the most explicit expression of ...
Isy Suttie announces her first tour in six years - Chortle
WEBApr 4, 2022 · She won a gold Sony Award for her BBC Radio 4 series Isy Suttie ’s Love Letters, and the paperback of her first novel, Jane Is Trying, will be released in May. Read our review of the hardback edition here. Here are Isy Suttie ’s 2022 tour dates: Monday, August 22 to Saturday, August 27: London Soho …
Benny Hill is back on TV : News 2021 - Chortle
WEBNov 18, 2021 · The channel launches under its new name at 9pm tonight, starting with a double bill of The Benny Hill Show – the first in a seven-week run. Hill was a prime-time star for four decades, first on the BBC and then on ITV – attracting a bigger audience than the moon landing. And he was one of the biggest ever British TV exports, with his shows ...
Catherine Tate joins the Eurovision line-up : News 2023 - Chortle
WEBMay 10, 2023 · Catherine Tate has been picked to read out the UK’s scores at Saturday’s Eurovision final. The comic has been chosen by BBC bosses deliver the results of the UK’s national jury live from the Liverpool Arena on Saturday. She said: ‘It’s very exciting to be announcing the iconic "douze points" at Eurovision. It’s just a foot in the ...
Gyles Brandreth writes his first autobiography - Chortle
WEBJun 4, 2021 · Gyles Brandreth has written his first autobiography, at the age of 73. Odd Boy Out promises insight into the broadcaster, comic and former MP’s ‘often eccentric and at times tragic family background and early years’. Brandreth told trade website The Bookseller: ‘This isn’t the autobiography I had expected to write.
Andy Samberg flees Cuckoo's nest : News 2014 - Chortle
WEBFeb 11, 2014 · In the second series of Cuckoo, which stars Greg Davies and Helen Baxendale, Samberg's titular hippy character leaves Lichfield to explore the foothills of the Himalayas. There he goes missing and is eventually presumed dead, leaving his young widow Rachel, played by Tamla Kari, to mourn. Life …