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I'm Bruce Dessau and I run the comedy news/reviews website beyondthejoke.co.uk I also review restaurants here: eatsdulwich.substack.com/

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beyondthejoke.co.ukNew Podcast From Jack Dee, Seann Walsh, Sara Morgan – Another Day RuinedAnother Day Ruined is a new podcast which launches 26 October starring Jack Dee, Seann Walsh and Sara Morgan.Life’s full of little things that shouldn’t be a problem but somehow are - minor inconvenie...

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I haven't had any paid subscribers for ages. Somehow the cost went up to £75 a year though i didn't change it. I've changed it back to £50 a year if paid in one lump or £5 a month if monthly. Either way cancel at any time. Link in story below. beyondthejoke.substack.com/p/comedy-new...

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beyondthejoke.co.ukTour Dates for Kiri Pritchard-McLeanKiri Pritchard-McLean is going back on the road with a new show, Josgin.Beginning on Saturday 1st May 2027 at Machynlleth Comedy Festival, with major shows at the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff on S...

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beyondthejoke.co.ukUK And Europe Dates For Urzila CarlsonUrzila Carlson will be back on tour in Europe next year with her brand-new show, That’s Enough Already, following her sold-out 2026 tour. People talk about their “cups runneth over” or tell you to “fi...

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Bill Murray, golf, Ireland. The perfect Sunday night formula. beyondthejoke.co.uk/content/1802...

beyondthejoke.co.ukTV Review: A Course Called Ireland, BBC TwoI suppose they could have called it Gone Golfing. If you enjoy Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer shooting the breeze by the riverbank (which returns just before this airs) you will probably take to thi...

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"I planned to completely scrunch my whole face to act like a vortex" Did Harriet Dyer's Last One Laughing gameplan work? beyondthejoke.co.uk/content/1802...

beyondthejoke.co.ukWho Is Last One Laughing Star Harriet Dyer?Have you watched any of the first two series of Last One Laughing? Do you have any favourite moments?Me and my friend went to the Jurassic Coast to look for dinosaur fossils, and the first series had ...

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beyondthejoke.co.ukUK Tour For Susie McCabe – Myth InformedSusie McCabe is back on tour again. She has had a buys year and has written it all down and is ready to share.Debuting at Glasgow International Comedy Festival 2027, with more dates to be announced, h...

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beyondthejoke.co.ukNew Tour Dates For Christopher Macarthur-BoydAfter selling out his run at the Edinburgh Fringe and receiving rave reviews, Christopher Macarthur-Boyd is taking his acclaimed Howling at the Moon show back on the road due to demand. The Glasgow-bo...

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beyondthejoke.co.ukKatherine Ryan's New Book Firstborn Daughter Is OutKatherine Ryan‘s new book, Firstborn Daughter, is out now.

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beyondthejoke.co.ukJon Richardson’s The Teenage Diaries of a Stand-Up Comedian, Is PublishedJon Richardson’s new book, The Teenage Diaries of a Stand-Up Comedian, is out now and available to buy here.When Jon unearthed his teenage diaries among a stash of 1990s mementoes, he faltered. How mu...

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beyondthejoke.co.ukCelebrity Traitors Comedians Rob Beckett, Miranda Hart and Joe Lycett Talk About Being Banished And MurderedRob Beckett was the third Faithful murdered by the TraitorsHow does it feel to be leaving the game now?I'm a bit sad because I would have liked to have gone further, but a killing in plain sight, I've...

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Review: Last One Laughing Halloween. beyondthejoke.co.uk/content/1801...

beyondthejoke.co.ukReview: Last One Laughing Halloween, Prime VideoFollowing the success of the first series of Last One Laughing UK, the second series slightly fizzled out, so it is nice to be able to report that the first of four special Halloween episodes finds th...

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beyondthejoke.co.ukReview: Brighton Dome Comedy Festival: Simon Amstell, I Love It HereSimon Amstell is articulately and artfully fascinated with himself, and it serves his storytelling skills marvellously! Ostensibly ‘I Love It Here’ is a tale of a Hollywood party and a captivation wit...

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beyondthejoke.co.ukFinalists Announced for Comedy Bloomers LGBTQ+ New Comedian of the YearThe finalists have been announced for the Comedy Bloomers LGBTQ+ New Comedian of the Year 2026 which takes place at the Comedy Store on Tuesday 10 November.Now in its fifth year, the competition has a...

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“I love it, the family love it. Charlotte and Louis are obsessed with it. It’s really good telly.” Prince William on Celebrity Traitors. beyondthejoke.co.uk/content/1801...