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Barry Cryer

October 2023

  • Barry Cryer on the comedy quiz show Jokers Wild in 1971.

    Book of the day
    Barry Cryer: Same Time Tomorrow? review – a life full of laughter

    The late comedian’s son, Bob Cryer, offers an intimate and astute portrait of his father’s skill and wit, and the vulnerability beneath

April 2022

  • Stephen Fry, Jack Dee and Victoria Wood

    I’m Sorry, I [Still] Haven’t a Clue … how radio’s smuttiest show has beaten the censors for 50 years

    Innuendo, tone-deaf singing and dreadful wages: as the cherished BBC panel game celebrates its half century, we look back at its finest moments – and its future

28 January 2022

  • An illustration of an angry man with a storm cloud in his head

    Brief letters
    How ‘partygate’ got my blood pumping after surgery

    Brief letters: Low blood pressure | Barry Cryer | Country diaries | Liz Truss

27 January 2022

  • Mark Lawson

    Barry Cryer was cheeky, kind and a canny engineer of comedy

    Mark Lawson
    A generous-hearted jokesmith, Cryer created laughs for generations of comics, was a consummate performer and had a lifelong commitment to wit
  • Barry Cryer in 1971.

    Barry Cryer obituary

    Quick-witted, inventive comedian and writer who was a longstanding panellist on BBC Radio 4’s I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue

    • ‘An honorary uncle to countless comics’: Jack Dee on Barry Cryer

    • Barry Cryer: a life in pictures

    • Comedian and writer Barry Cryer dies aged 86

8 January 2022

  • QAnon shaman Jake Angeli at the Capitol riot in Washington DC, 6 January 2021.

    Miranda Sawyer on podcasts and radio
    The week in audio: The Coming Storm; Now, Where Were We?; Gemma Cairney Gets Classical

    Gabriel Gatehouse journeys deep into the QAnon conspiracy movement; Barry Cryer delights down the pub; and Cairney adds another string to her bow

June 2013

  • Barry Cryer

    ITV sitcom Vicious is cliched and outdated, says Barry Cryer

    Veteran comedy writer says show about an ageing gay couple would make John Inman look restrained

August 2011

  • richard herring

    This much I know
    This much I know: Richard Herring

    The comedian, 44, on love, personal deficiencies and why Barry Cryer is still the best

January 2011

  • The Horne Section

    This week's new comedy

    The Horne Section | Leicester Comedy Festival | Barry Cryer With Rob Brydon

October 2010

  • Norman Wisdom

    Wisdom's longevity was incredible. He even made Barry Cryer seem young

    In today's comedy scene, Norman Wisdom's influence is felt most keenly in the performances of Lee Evans

August 2009

  • An audience for the Guardian's Live at the Edinburgh Festival comedy podcast

    Live at the Edinburgh Festival
    Live at the Edinburgh Festival: Best of week three

  • Kristen Schaal

    Live at the Edinburgh Festival
    Live at the Edinburgh festival: Kristen Schaal and Barry Cryer

July 2009

  • Richard Pryor in Chicago 1978

    My all-time favourite sketch

    The best routines live forever in comedy folklore – but which ones do comedians remember most fondly?

  • Comedy preview: Barry Cryer, Hull, Worcester

    Hull Truck Theatre, Sun; Huntingdon Hall, Worcester, Fri

  • Pick of the week: Comedy

    North: Barry And Stuart: Powered By Demons | Barry Cryer: Still Alive | Alexis Dubus And Marcel Lucont

January 2009

  • Pick of the week: Comedy

  • Pick of the week: Comedy

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