Paul Merton

Small Talk: Mike Summerbee

guardian.co.uk     5 hrs ago          

Mike Summerbee and George Best. Photograph: public domain Hi Mike, it's Small Talk here. Your best mate George Best once said you used to work out moves whenever the two of you faced each other on the pitch. You've got a...                    

BBC's Elaine Bedell to chair Edinburgh TV Festival advisory committee

guardian.co.uk     01-Sep-2008   1 related          

The BBC's controller of entertainment commissioning, Elaine Bedell, is to oversee the development of next year's MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival programme as the event's new advisory committee...                    

The serial dater: Random acts of dating

guardian.co.uk     27-Aug-2008          

Faced with a Friday night in front of the television with only a ready meal for company, could a random act of dating be the answer? It's not just because I was queueing in Iceland for a Weight Watchers micro-lasagne and...                    

Paxman: White middle-class men face discrimination at BBC

dailymail.co.uk     25-Aug-2008   18 related          

White middle-class men are the most discriminated against group in television, Jeremy Paxman has claimed. The Newsnight presenter, 58, pointed to a string of women senior executives as evidence of their growing dominance...                    

Channel Five to air unseen 1960s Bernard Braden interviews

guardian.co.uk     22-Aug-2008   4 related          

Peter Cook: Channel Five will screen a previously unseen 1960s interview. Photograph: BBC Channel Five is to screen a series of never-before-seen interviews with 1960s figures such as Peter Cook, Quentin Crisp and Enoch Powell...                    

Small Talk: Sam Albert on Zara Phillips and when not to hug a horse

guardian.co.uk     15-Aug-2008          

Jamaica's Sam Albert. Photograph: David Hecker/AFP/Getty Images Hello Sam [In an accent that falls somewhere between West Country soy-der and pony-club posh, with just a hint of Montreal twang thrown in] Hello, Small Talk....                    

Verbal dexterity with Paul Merton

thisislondon.co.uk     14-Aug-2008          

By Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard 14.08.08 Paul Merton is one of Edinburgh's busiest stars, fronting both an improvised show and a lecture on his beloved silent movie clowns. Then again, there is no tedious rehearsal involved...                    

Frances Grant: Extra gloom for winter

apn.co.nz     13-Aug-2008          

It's not often we thank our telly channels for sitting on British shows until they're near their use-by date, but it was considerate of Prime to save the depressive Extras Christmas Special for the middle of a recessionary...                    

Get some laughter in your life!

shropshirestar.co.uk     12-Aug-2008          

They say laughter is the best medicine, and with scores of comedy venues packed into the region, we’ll certainly be getting a good dose. SHROPSHIRE: Shrewsbury Laughter Lines @ The Old Post Office, Milk Street, Shrewsbury, has...                    

Silent Laughter

dcairns.wordpress.com     12-Aug-2008          

And so to The Silent Clowns, at Edinburgh Filmhouse. Comedian Paul Merton has been sharing his love of the silent comedians for a couple of years now, and this show is a pretty good format to introduce newcomers to the comedy...                    

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