Category: Radio comedy

‘Audiences no longer laugh if you call their town crap’: can Phil Wang heal divided Britain?

by The Guardian | Jun 11, 2026 | Comedy, Culture, Edinburgh festival, Edinburgh festival 2026, Phil Wang, Radio comedy, Stage, The Guardian, TV comedy | 0 |

He’s the perfect comedian to cool down these incendiary times. As Philly Philly takes his Uh Oh standup show on tour, he talks about woke traps, lefty blindspots – and gen Z’s lurch to the right Born in Stoke-on-Trent to a...

‘My past was chaos’: Iain Lee on abuse, cocaine, comedy, his on-air breakdown and his ‘sex addict’ father

by The Guardian | Sep 29, 2025 | Comedy, Radio, Radio comedy, Television, Television & radio, The Guardian | 0 |

The broadcaster and comedian has been delighting and outraging audiences for almost 30 years. Off-air, his life has lurched from crisis to crisis. Has he finally found peace?It’s nearly three decades since Iain Lee roamed the...