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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Ralph Jones

Stop paying comedians to go on holiday! Why comics’ travel shows need to end

Alexander Armstrong sitting at a bar holding a cocktail
‘Like your dad wandering around your first-year uni accommodation’ … Alexander Armstrong in India. Photograph: Elomas/Burning Bright Productions Ltd

‘You know what we need to inject some life into our dying medium?” says the TV commissioner. Her colleagues all wait for the moment of inspiration, the sparkle of insight that justifies the gargantuan salary. “We need a show where a comedian travels to a location!”

Hmm, they all think, does she mean a location said comedian has a particularly personal connection to?

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