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Tonight’s University Challenge had a nail-biting, close -to-the-wire finish, with Bristol being pipped to the post b y a last-min ute right answer from Warwick, which turned the final scores on their head. As ever, I covered t on ight's events on social media. See below for tonight’s Twitter critique:  Warwick Vs. Bristol (20.02.17) 8:03pm: I'd rather watch the #UniversityChallenge quarter finals than the first leg of the fifth round of the FA Cup. 8:04pm: To give you an idea of the UC filming schedule, Hobbs arm hasn't had time to heal yet. 8:04pm: Alice Clarke feels disdain, disdain, disdain, disdain, DISDAIN. 8:06pm: Van's surname is also his preferred method of kidnap. 8:07pm: Van's comfy jumper (name for a prog band). 8:10pm: Everything withers in the spotlight of Bristol Clarke's disdainful glare . 8:12pm: Rolleston's name is also his preferred deodorant applicant. 8:14pm: Idea for a musical adaptation of M...

Last night saw another of those surreal Mostly Comedys I've grown accustomed to expect. February 2017's Hitchin Mostly line-up: Jenny Collier, Glyn Doggett, David Ephgrave & Ardal O'Hanlon (left to right). It’s reached the stage where we’re fortunate enough to have big names at the club as a matter of course, with the odd leap occurring at regular intervals. Only four months ago we had Rory Bremner on the bill, which was both ridiculous and ridiculously good ; the dust had barely settled from this to be kicked up again by yesterday’s headliner: Ardal O’Hanlon. Ardal O'Hanlon at Hitchin Mostly Comedy (16.02.17) It’s no exaggeration to say we’ve been after him for years. While I’d hoped our diaries would eventually sync, there was always the stumbling block that he lived in Ireland, which made it less likely we’d find a time when he happened to be in England and free. David Ephgrave at Hitchin Mostly Comedy (16.02....

Today we confirmed Ardal O’Hanlon for February’s Hitchin Mostly Comedy, which was the act I was intimating I was trying to snare yesterday (in a non-hunting capacity, of course). Often, when I find myself feeling less enthused about Mostly Comedy, or I worry about how we’re going to follow and / or better the people we’ve already had on the bill, something like this comes up and brings back the excitement. Ardal is someone I’ve longed to have at the club for years, and finally the diaries allow it. The thought of meeting and sharing a stage with him, however briefly, is a thrill. (I’m starting to sound like a fangirl.) I was talking to my friend Stephen today about it, when I realised that Ardal O’Hanlon was one of the first people to make me aware of stand-up. I have a dim memory of watching him host a mixed-bill programme on telly - clearly lured in by the fact I was a fan of Father Ted - and vaguely taking on board that I was watching a ...