Comedy

The Mash Report, the BBC show which was accused of left-wing bias, will not return for another series. The programme, a satirical take on the week’s news which featured Nish Kumar and Rachel Parris, first aired in 2017. The BBC said in a statement: “We are very proud of The Mash Report but, in order […]

A German television show has mocked Boris Johnson and his Brexit proposals in a spoof of Netflix’s The Crown entitled ‘The Clown’. Extra3, which airs on public broadcaster NDR, derided the UK’s departure from the European Union and its prime minister in a spoof trailer which is going viral in the European country and now the […]

Former UKIP leader Gerard Batten has been mocked after claiming that Dawn French’s Vicar of Dibley character symbolises “satanism”. In a call to “defund the BBC”, the short-lived UKIP leader was branded an “idiot” for his musings on the popular comedy show. He tweeted: “Please retweet this. Dawn French, the BBC’s Vicar of Dibley wears […]

In the past, The Edinburgh Fringe has often been a hotbed of some of the most satirical and illuminating political comedy. So what does 2018 have to offer? The writer and novelist JOHN NICHOLSON is our man in the Athens of the North When many of our most important politicians are such ridiculous, ludicrous, grotesque […]

Heard the one about the comedian being sued by an ex after she used him in her act? IAN WILKIE says it is no laughing matter Stand-up comedian Louise Reay is being sued by her ex-husband for defamation after allegedly referring to him in a derogatory manner during her show at the Edinburgh Fringe. The […]