This play by a former diplomat about working in negotiation feels like Debating for Dummies. Anderson’s off-script ad-libs are the sparkiest intervention
July 2022
‘It’s a feeling I’ve been chasing ever since’: Edinburgh festival debuts
Alan Cumming did a gig for a cat, Tiff Stevenson was drowned out by samba and some performers even made a profit … fringe veterans reflect on their first time and how the festival has changed
August 2017
From scissor attacks to diabetes improv: comedians' weirdest gigs
Lucy Porter caused a breakup. Romesh Ranganathan did a diabetes panel show. And Clive Anderson was attacked with scissors. Comics relive their worst moments on stage
June 2015
Whose Line Is It Anyway? Live review – impro that's improved with age
The Q&A
Q&A: Clive Anderson
February 2014
Do Something social
Clive Anderson on the art of conversation
What techniques can we learn from a chatshow host?
September 2012
Books blog
Short stories are far more than premises for 'twists'
Clive Anderson, chairing the BBC short story award judges, wrenches the form out of shape with this reductive view
February 2012
Frank Carson: may he RIP
Even Clive Anderson couldn't get a word in edgeways when the Belfast-born comedian was a guest on his show. Bruce Dessau looks back at the much-missed motormouth's career
October 2003
My media
My media
Clive Anderson, television host.
September 2003
Can Clive 'sex up' politics?
Media Monkey
Monkey goes to the RTS Cambridge convention
December 2002
Fry and Anderson ruled out as Deayton replacements
10.45am: Stephen Fry and Clive Anderson have been ruled out as replacements for Angus Deayton on Have I Got News for You, reports John Plunkett.