Brief letters: Regional dialects | Boycotting posh hotels | April Fools’ Day | Comedians in politics
November 2018
Lost in showbiz
Jim Davidson gets stuck in an eco protest and bags his biggest audience for years
It was the Elephant and Castle rather than the jungle, but that didn’t stop the comedian showing his celebrity side
September 2017
From Jim Davidson to Brucie: gameshow hosts rated and slated
As Len Goodman and Noel Edmonds are currently proving with Partners in Rhyme and Cheap Cheap Cheap, it’s exceptionally hard to be a good gameshow host. Here are some of the best – and worst – quizmasters
May 2017
Lost in showbiz
Theresa May’s big break – campaign help from Jim Davidson
The comic has been out in the wind and rain to elect a Tory candidate. Labour, meanwhile are riding high on a plug from Reverend and the Makers
November 2016
My family values
Jim Davidson: ‘I’d have been happily married for ever if I hadn’t been famous’
The comedian discusses his marriages, his parents’ estrangement from each other and his pride in enabling them to buy their council house
April 2016
We let Jim Davidson quit Britain – we can’t lose Ken Livingstone too
Marina Hyde
Whether it’s over tax or Brexit, Britain is now the threatened-emigration capital of the world for celebrities and politicians. The joke is that they think we really care
April 2015
Lost in showbiz
Jim Davidson’s white nights with Freddie and Kenny are a real cocaine hell
The comedian claims he spent much of the 90s snorting coke with the late Queen singer Freddie Mercury and funnyman Kenny Everett. Anyone buy his implausible bohemian rhapsody?
August 2014
Edinburgh comedy diary
Jim Davidson's Edinburgh show: provocative, predictable and oh so popular
There's a predictable clash of sensitivities at Davidson's Edinburgh show at the Assembly Hall
Jim Davidson's Edinburgh fringe debut 'rounds off a nice year'
Comedian says his show, No Further Action, comes after being cleared of Operation Yew Tree charges and winning Big Brother
Jim Davidson's jokes are engineered to crank laughter – Edinburgh 2014 review
Davidson once again defies good taste with a lurid, leering standup routine mainly about "fat birds", fannies and knobs, writes Brian Logan
June 2014
Jim Davidson attends Dappy trial to offer support
Comedian attends hearing at magistrates court where N-Dubz singer faces assault charge
May 2014
Lost in showbiz
Tony Blair, Jim Davidson and the gangland thug – more crazy tales from war-torn Iraq
Lost in showbiz
Katie Price's Twitter putdown packs a punch in 92 characters
April 2014
Open mic
Can Edinburgh resurrect Jim Davidson, comedy dinosaur?
Brian Logan: A surprise run at the Assembly Rooms this August is a chance for Davidson to fall in with more progressive comedy trends. But will he take it?
February 2014
TV tonight
TV highlights 10/02/2014
Winter Olympics | Benefits Street | Jim Davidson: At Least I'm Not Boring | Danny Baker's Rockin' Decades – The Seventies | The Walking Dead | Uncle | The Life Of Rock With Brian Pern | Payday
