Jonathan Ross

The British Comedy Awards 2008

And now for your weekly Ross/Brand bulletin. The ripples of the affair look like to going on for another few months yet. Not only did Andrew Sachs steal the show as Manuel at Prince Charles' 60th birthday gig on Wednesday...

Even old buffers were novices once

And what about those politicians that can't turn their mobiles off? It belonged to John Whittingdale (Con, 49), and it rang and rang. According to the BBC: “Mr Whittingdale's BlackBerry had gone off and, as he did not use it as...

Turned Out Nice Again, By Louis Barfe

"Light entertainment" is a slippery concept. In the introduction to Turned Out Nice Again, his history of its British forms, Louis Barfe quotes Eric Maschwitz, head of Light Entertainment at BBC television in the late 1950s and...

Alarming bad taste broadcasts

13-Nov-2008

Scandals – and, with these, charges that standards are being lowered – are not just covered by television, they are television: an ironic tribute to the central role the medium plays in lives, write John Lloyd and Bertrand Benoit

Family warns straight-talking Robert Kilroy-Silk to 'behave' on I'm a Celebrity

Former TV host Robert Kilroy-Silk has been ordered to behave on I'm A Celebrity . . . Mr Kilroy-Silk, 66, denied he was planning to be controversial on the show, which is set in the Australian jungle. Behave: Robert...

TV review: Religious horror is an unholy mess

Published Date: 14 November 2008 Apparitions, BBC1 Rich Kid Poor Kid, Channel 4 HERE'S a fun game to play while watching Apparitions: just how many people can one programme manage to offend? First, fans of Mother Teresa, as the...

Gang Show showcases future stars

Published Date: 14 November 2008 THINK of Boy Scouts and Girl Guides and you instantly think of pitching tents, building camp fires and earning badges – right? Well, now you can officially add poking fun at Edinburgh's trams...

End the 'don't give a damn' culture

Lord Ouseley* addresses IRR's fiftieth birthday celebration conference on the connection between the lacks in political leadership and public morality and the crisis of youth out of control. And I think it's very important to...

Russell Brand's gay shocker

Brand gesture ... Comedian Russell Brand on David Letterman's talk show RUSSELL Brand told American audiences last night that he pretends to be gay to trick women into bed. The comedian, who had a feature on his now-infamous...

Rice Krispies celebrate 80th birthday

Rice Krispies, famous for their snap, crackle and pop, are celebrating their 80th birthday. How Rice Krispies' packaging has changed over the past 80 years. Photo: SWNS The breakfast cereal, which gave Jonathan Ross his TV...