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Leila Navabi: Composition, Soho Theatre, review: the survivor of a tabloid backlash comes out fighting
The Welsh comic’s joke about Rishi Sunak landed her in hot water – as she recounts in a debut full of charm, originality and promise
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Matthew Perry’s comic delivery was as great as that of any stand-up
One of Britain’s great comedians explains why the Friends star possessed an ability that few on TV can match
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Matthew Perry was the best Friend – and more talented than you know
As Chandler, he defined Friends with comic timing, offbeat choices and a scarred air – but his abilities as a straight actor were underrated
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Michael McIntyre: Macnificent, review – a gift for alchemising everyday absurdities into comedy gold
The first half of this new show offers a more-or-less satisfying portion of McIntyre-ish nuggets – but the second sees him on vintage form
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Britain’s Got Talent winner Viggo Venn: Clowning is lower status than stripping
The comedian on performing for the royals, attending the same clown school as Sacha Baron Cohen and why he's turned down other reality shows
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How the woke Left took over the internet – and my part in it
The comedy writer had a frontline seat to Twitter’s sinister rise, and how it spilled into the real world. He recalls his part in the chaos
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Frasier is back, with diversity on his side – but no Niles or Daphne
With a new series round the corner, and nervous fans on tenterhooks, Frasier's producer tells Jasper Rees why there is nothing to fear
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James Acaster – Hecklers Welcome: one of the funniest and most brilliantly constructed shows of the year
Hilarious, poignant and completely ingenious, this is a show that re-writes the rules of live stand-up
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Jon Culshaw: ‘I am sure Boris is a thoroughly affable chap, but...’
The impressionist and actor on why he isn't caricaturing the former PM in Channel 4's drama Partygate, British satire – and not growing up
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Richard Herring: My rules of the perfect podcast? There are no rules
Podcasts about anything and by anyone are now big business – but how do you make one? The comedian and expert podcaster explains
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Peter Serafinowicz as Brian Butterfield: Failure has seldom felt so winning
The comic actor here takes his hopeless, fatsuited businessman turned life coach from TV to stage, with rich rewards
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London Hughes: a night of self-congratulation and name-dropping – but no Russell Brand
The charismatic Croydon comic, who has been vocal about Brand on Twitter, opted to keep this show focused on her new book and life in LA
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Inside The Simpsons’ love/hate relationship with ‘billionaire tyrant’ Rupert Murdoch
Through his Fox network, the media mogul made Simpsons creator Matt Groening a very rich man. Then why was he a constant butt of his jokes?
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Peter Kay: ‘I was offered a job for £1 an hour – if I’d accepted, I might never have done stand-up’
The comedian on Doctor Who, Phoenix Nights, rubbish Saturday night telly and the day he thought he’d missed his one big break
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Our culture has made sexual excess routine – and Russell Brand is only part of the problem
The pearl-clutching over the Brand allegations hides a simple fact: his debauchery was lauded by broadcasters and lapped up by the public
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The Noughties cesspit: how a ‘laddish’ era allowed Russell Brand to thrive
The comedian became a star in a decade in which cruel, crass exploitation was the norm. Has anything changed?
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From ‘masterpiece’ to national shame: how the British fell in and out of love with Little Britain
Twenty years on, Matt Lucas and David Walliams’s hilariously anti-PC class satire is deemed offensive and ‘cruel’. But is it still funny?
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Juice, review: Mawaan Rizwan's BBC Three sitcom careers through genres with have-a-go glee
The jokes don't always land and the story sometimes falters, but Rizwan's series is a rare thing: a genuinely original TV series
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Who is Daniel Sloss, the lone male comic to speak publicly about Russell Brand?
In his touring shows and Netflix specials, the outspoken young stand-up has built a reputation for confronting dark topics in comedy
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Why is the comedy industry home to so many questionable men?
After signing up to a dating app for artsy creatives, I found a hotbed of infidelity and weird obsessions
