It's been a long time coming, but Digital Spy is finally in print.
And our magazine – the first of many, we hope – is a standalone issue devoted entirely to one thing: great British comedians.
Why comedians? Because we love 'em, that's why. Comedy is a theme that runs through everything we cover, from soaps to gameshows to TV dramas to movies: they all bring the funny, in greater or lesser proportions. So when we were choosing our theme, it seemed like an obvious place to start.
Right now, British stand-up comedy is enjoying a huge surge: our cover star, Peter Kay, is reviving his Better Late Than Never tour with colossal stadium gigs right through the summer and into 2026. (The country literally can't get enough of him: you can read our review of the show in the mag.)
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Nearly all the top podcasts, panel shows and light-entertainment formats are hosted by comics, and that's not even getting into the thriving gig circuit: we bet that within ten miles of your house there's a weekly gig populated by anyone from up-and-coming stars of tomorrow to household-name headliners, many of whom will give you a great night out for as little as a tenner.
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So we're celebrating 25 British comedy legends, featuring exclusive interviews with the likes of Jimmy Carr, Al Murray, Nish Kumar, Richard Blackwood, Phil Wang, Jenny Eclair and Guz Khan, alongside biographies, reviews, gag round-ups and more in 100 fun and fact-packed pages.
We're really proud of this one, and hope you enjoy reading it as much as we did making it. You can find it in newsagents now, or order your copy online today for just £7.99 (including P&P)!
Editor, Digital Spy Chris has over 25 years' experience as a writer and editor, having worked as a journalist covering TV and movies since the '90s. Starting out as a TV listings editor at the Press Association, he was quickly hired by the nascent Heat magazine, where he rose to become Senior Editor, interviewing the likes of Simon Cowell, Boris Johnson and Paris Hilton. Over the years he has written about entertainment with clarity and wit for Heat, Elle, Q, The Telegraph and of course Digital Spy, and has served many times as a judge in the Royal Television Society awards. He has written and recorded a novelty single with Lord Lloyd-Webber, written scripts for the National TV Awards, made Noel Edmonds cry, accidentally punched an Inbetweener and stolen a small piece of rubble from the Battle of Hogwarts movie set. (They can't have it back.) LinkedIn
