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WEBDressed in a yellow suit with banana shoulders, the comedian was joined by Beverley Knight, Reuben Kaye, David Harewood, Justin Hawkins to ask: 'How would you feel if the arts just stopped?'. Fern Brady won the comedy award at the ceremony which took place at London's Roundhouse last night.
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 …
MBE for Pauline Quirke : News 2022 : Chortle : The UK Comedy …
WEBJun 2, 2022 · Birds Of A Feather star Pauline Quirke has been made an MBE in the Queen’s jubilee honours. The actress, who also runs a network of stage schools, was rewarded for ‘services to young people, to the entertainment industry and to charity’. As well as her acting work, Quirke runs the PQA Trust charity to support underprivileged children ...
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 …
Bob Mortimer writes his first novel : News 2022 - Chortle
WEBJul 6, 2022 · Bob Mortimer has written his first novel, called The Satsuma Complex. Drawing on the comedian’s past as a solicitor, the book revolves around Gary, a 30-thirty-year-old legal assistant in London. The plot is that he goes for a pint with a work acquaintance called Brendan. When Brendan leaves early, Gary meets a girl in the pub.
Miles Jupp: On I Bang : Reviews 2024 - Chortle
WEBJan 22, 2024 · Quintessentially middle-class and always old beyond his years, Miles Jupp is the epitome of the button-down Englishman. Yet here he is with a story that not only tests his stiff-upper-lippedness, but draws some of its power from the conflict between that aloof persona and the emotional experience he shares, far from the quotidian middle-class concerns that might normally obsess him.
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 ...
Gary Meikle: Surreal : Reviews 2021 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide
WEBSep 20, 2021 · Tour review by Steve Bennett. Gary Meikle’s an easy guy to like, chatty and open about his life as a single dad to his now grown-up daughter Ainsley and grandfather to her daughter Gracie, four, at the age of only 44 himself. But given his stories are personal, it’s disheartening how much they are rooted in things we’ve heard so many time ...
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.
Marti Caine denied city honour because she won't show up to the ...
WEBJul 8, 2020 · Bureaucrats have rejected calls to honour the late comedy trailblazer Marti Caine on a walk of fame - because she wouldn’t be able to attend the unveiling.