Jimmy Carr

Chris O'Dowd and Dawn Porter for Million Pound Drop

TV Gossip

4 Apr 2012

Chris O'Dowd and Dawn Porter are joining forces for a celebrity special of 'Million Pound Drop'. The couple - who got engaged on Boxing Day (26.12.11) - will follow in the footsteps of the likes of The Saturdays's Mollie King and Rochelle Wiseman…

First raft of shows from 2012 Edinburgh Fringe programme

Stewart Lee, Jimmy Carr, Rhod Gilbert and more to appear at Fringe 2012

5 Mar 2012

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe has revealed around 60 shows to take place at this year's event in August. The announcement comes weeks before the full line-up announcement on Thu 31 May. Comedy shows form the bulk of the latest show announcements…

Rob Brydon slams Gavin and Stacey musical as 'pants'

TV Gossip

8 Feb 2012

Rob Brydon has slammed plans for a 'Gavin and Stacey' musical as "pants". The Welsh actor - who played Uncle Bryn in the BBC comedy - explained he is happy to leave the show as it was, despite creator Ruth Jones recently announcing plans to transform…

Nick Hewer to host Countdown

TV Gossip

16 Nov 2011

Nick Hewer has been named as the new host of 'Countdown'. The 'Apprentice' sidekick - who has worked as a PR advisor to Lord Alan Sugar for more than 20 years - will take over from current presenter Jeff Stelling and join maths whizz Rachel Riley on…

Jimmy Carr can't work on a hangover

TV Gossip

20 Feb 2011

Jimmy Carr could never do a show if he was hungover. The '10 O'Clock Live' comedian admits to enjoying the odd tipple, but says he would never go out on a huge drinking session if he knew he had work the next day as he wouldn't be on top form. He…

Jimmy Carr petrified of live TV

TV Gossip

17 Feb 2011

Jimmy Carr is "petrified" of live TV. The 38-year-old funnyman admits he is wracked with nerves every time he steps out to front topical comedy show '10 O'Clock Live' with David Mitchell, Charlie Brooker and Lauren Laverne each Thursday. He said…

Rise of the comedy supergig in 2011

John Bishop, Jimmy Carr, Russell Howard, Peter Kay, Lee Evans and John Cleese set for 2011 UK tours

12 Jan 2011

When we get to this point next year and look back at the comedy highlights of 2011, no doubt much talk will be of the supergigs. John Bishop, Jimmy Carr, Russell Howard, Peter Kay, Lee Evans, Lenny Henry, John Cleese (yes, that John Cleese), Jason…

Sean Lock lines up Kings Theatre date

10 Mar 2010

You may recently have been amused by the utterances of comic Sean Lock on Twitter where he’s been testing out his latest surrealist one-liners onto the digital public. But maybe you shouldn’t have been. ‘It’s not me,’ he counters, almost appalled at the…

Glasgow Comedy Festival highlights

3 Mar 2010

Frankie Boyle The mighty Boyle – slapper of small animals, biter of the handicapped [imagined details, as opposed to real fact] – was clearly down the pub on the day they were dishing out the decorum lessons. Syringe-sharp, endlessly abusive but…

2010 preview: Great expectations

7 Jan 2010

Favourite things are ending, exciting things are beginning and old things are coming back. 2010 is already shaping up to be a thrilling year and here are the 30 good reasons why we can’t wait

Jimmy Carr

17 Dec 2009

1 Growing up in the ‘nice bit’ of Slough, Carr graduated in Social and Political Sciences from Cambridge but floated around aimlessly for a while, even training to be a psychotherapist for a bit. 2 Disenchanted with his eventual life in…

Jason Cook - My Comedy Hero

30 Oct 2009

My comedy heroes? That is a toughie as there are so many: the spontaneous genius of Ross Noble; the cutting one-liners of Frankie Boyle or Jimmy Carr; the measured calm of Stewart Lee or Sean Collins. Everyone has their own thing that makes them a…

Christmas Comedy DVDs

11 Dec 2008

With one recent internet poll naming Peter Kay as the funniest British comedian who has ever lived while Michael McIntyre steamrolls up the DVD charts, it seems that comedy is not unlike the other genres when it comes to ‘popular’ ‘opinion’. There was a…

Jimmy Carr

21 Aug 2008

Love him or hate him – and, let’s face it, no one really finds themselves in that safe middle ground here – there’s no doubting Jimmy Carr’s ability to write and deliver a cutting set-up and punchline. Whether Joke Technician will include some typically…

Eyes on the prize - Roy Walker

Edinburgh Festival Fringe

22 Jul 2008

Thanks to a fellow game show king, Roy Walker is finally making his Edinburgh debut. Marissa Burgess talks to the man who is hoping to woo the city’s youth

Jimmy Carr

24 Apr 2008

STAND-UP Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, Thu 24 Apr Some people out there have looked upon his stand-up and TV work and judged Jimmy Carr to be a smug, self-satisfied posh guy who would undoubtedly be prepared to eat himself were he comprised of the…

Russell Howard

18 Oct 2007

A regular panellist on BBC2’s Mock the Week, with a Sunday morning radio show and an if.comeddie nomination to his name, Russell Howard recently played the biggest gig of his life, and at 27, his comedy future seems assured. ‘We just almost crashed on…

Hitlist - the best Festival comedy

23 Aug 2007

Stewart Lee Making a mockery of his low placing as the 41st Best Stand-Up Ever, the co-writer of Jerry Springer: The Opera has had everyone making a song and dance about this year’s show. UdderBELLY’s Pasture, 0870 745 3083, until 27 Aug, 7.30pm…

Hitlist - the best Festival comedy

16 Aug 2007

Kristen Schaal Winston Churchill roamed the Assembly Rooms last year in the guise of Mel Smith. He’s back for a ghost appearance in this superb show from one of America’s most delicate new comic talents. Assembly Rooms, 623 3030, until 27 Aug (not 20)…

Hitlist - the best Fringe comedy

9 Aug 2007

Stewart Lee Still surfing on his own wave of post-Springer glory, the 41st Best Stand-Up Ever delivers a routine would rocket him further up that chart if they had another poll today. Hilarious and confrontational. UdderBELLY’s Pasture, 0870 745 3083…