“I went into this mad depression for months because I realised that I was a man who was being told what to do by another man,” he says. “I suddenly thought, I’ve got this thing, this stand-up comedy, ...

When John Bishop sat down to watch the first edit of Is This Thing On?, there was one small detail he hadn’t been warned ...

John Bishop was going through a divorce from his wife Melanie. It was October 2000 and he had moved out of his family home and would see his children on the weekend.

John Bishop has revealed how his fledging standup comedy career ended up saving his marriage. The Liverpool comedian has been ...

Director Bradley Cooper’s approach takes us closer to an improv night than a session of disciplined joke-telling ...

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John Bishop's comedy career started when he was separated from his wife, who happened to be in the audience when he made a ...

It doesn't matter how many times John Bishop tells the story (and he tells it a lot) - he still cracks his broad and ...

Is This Thing On? was co-written and produced by Bradley Cooper and tells the story of Alex and Tess, characters based on Bishop and his wife.