The Comedy Café - 28/01/2011

Does Channel 4's "10 O'Clock Live" show put the bite back into British satire? Having written for topical shows such as 'News Quiz', 'Spitting Image' and 'Have I Got News for You', Dave Cohen gives a critical review. Does comedy always have to be funny? When not working on topical satire, Dave is a contributing writer on sitcoms such as BBC1's 'Not Going Out' and 'My Family'. But amidst all the laughter he's afraid we've misplaced the magical comedy ingredient that is pathos. He champions the power great comedy has to make us cry. A stroke of genius or just plain fool-hardy? Find out from producer director James Bedford why comedy feature film "The Flirting Club" was cast entirely by auditioning over the internet. And - better known as "Taggart's" po-faced Detective Sergeant Jackie Reid, Blythe Duff tells us why she chose to take centre-stage in her first ever solo show, Tron Theatre comedy "Just Checking".