Stand Up

Ten questions: Stephen K Amos

RACHEL TOOKEY quizzes comedian STEPHEN K AMOS about going on tour, edgy comedy and the best heckle he’s ever received.

Interview: Jeremy Hardy

KATIE FORSTER interviews Radio 4 funny guy and self-confessed grumpy old man JEREMY HARDY.

Frimston and Rowett

Frimston and Rowett are swell, just swell in JEFF CARPENTER’s book.

Non-Smoker

KIERAN CORCORAN out of the funniest funnymen that there are amongst funny people, the one who was supposed to be the funniest of the funniest funnymen was the least funny of the funniest funnymen.

Corpus Smoker

KIKI BETTS-DEAN narrowly avoids bag-related cliché after seeing another average Corpus Smoker

Footlights Smoker

Bosh. Bing. Bang. ALEX HUGHES loves this smoker so much she is reduced to onomatopoeia

Liam Williams’ Stand Up Show

The Tab insults aside, PHIL LIEBMAN thinks Liam Williams is a funny man.

Nonsense

Pierre Novellie does comedy so good that KIERAN CORCORAN has to resort to contrived references to Japanese gameshows to express it fully. KAWAAAI.

5 Minutes With Pierre Novellie

Grandaddy TOBY PARKER-REES makes a grand return in order to cross blades with renowned comedian Pierre Novellie about his new show Nonsense. It’s mostly nonsense.

Johnathan Zemlik

JOHNATHAN ZEMLIK tries out for the Virgin Smoker and realises that there’s a divide between northern and southern humour. The north is best of course.

10 Questions: Stephen Merchant

‘There’s a reason why James Bond doesn’t have a West Country accent – it just ain’t cool and sophisticated.’ HOLLY STEVENSON talks to ‘speccy, lanky nerd’ STEPHEN MERCHANT.

Interview: Miles Jupp

AMY JEFFS talks to comedian MILES JUPP- aka ‘Archie from Balamory’- about his new tour, having a family, and being more English than anyone could possibly expect. And destroys her childhood memories while doing it.

Review: Wolfson Howler

The Wolfson Howler returns with a diverse range of potential- some of it realised, some of it not.