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★★★★☆One stand-up performed from his shed. Another performed from his kitchen table. We couldn’t know what room Zoe Lyons was performing from because she used a picture of Brighton Pier as her
The week s best comedy on TV and radio
The week’s best comedy on TV and radio.
Sunday March 7
FUNNY FESTIVAL LIVE: This new stand-up showcase is being stripped across the week every night until Thursday. Tonight’s comedians are Jason Manford, Judi Love, Toussaint Douglass, Michael Stranney and Jayde Adams.
BBC Two, 9.45pm
FESTIVAL OF FUNNY: In the first of two comedy pilots, Kiri Pritchard-McLean explores all the things she’s missed while living in isolation, using audience stories to help recall the awkward moments of life that we so weirdly want back. The second show, The Empire, is set in Imperial India, where the new district magistrate of Darjeeling grapples with the responsibilities of his new post with the help - and sometimes hindrance - of his colleagues. The cast features Stephen Fry, Alexander Owen Rasika Dugal, Michelle Gomez and Arnuvab Pal - the stand-up who also wrote the script.
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FAIR play to those sly old dogs at ITV. They’ve discovered something Gordon Ramsay is worse at than hosting BBC1’s Bank Balance.
It took them less than 72 hours to do it as well.
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Fair play to those sly old dogs at ITV. They’ve discovered something Gordon Ramsay is worse at than hosting BBC1’s Bank BalanceCredit: Rex Features
All they needed was Saturday Night Takeaway’s Read My Lips game, a pair of headphones to muffle the noise and some bloke in Llanelli called Jamie bellowing mystery food items at Gordon via Zoom.
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