Revealed: Just how male-dominated TV comedy writing is
Barely one in ten shows penned by women
Just 11 per cent of TV comedy shows are written by women. That’s the…
More Baskets for Zach Galifianakis
Zach Galifianakis’s dark comedy series Baskets…
James Corden's Late Late Show returns to UK
The Late Late Show with James Corden is to return to…
Another venue cancels Roy Chubby Brown
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Reggie Watts to air a live, improvised sitcom
Reggie Watts will tonight stream a live, fully improvised…
Julia Louis-Dreyfus is to receive Mark Twain Prize
Julia Louis-Dreyfus is to receive this year’s…
How the Young Ones almost had a very different cast...
The four housemates of The Young Ones have become icons…
Comedy movie Eaten By Lions gets its world premiere
British comedy film Eaten By Lions is to receive its world premiere at this year's…
When is Hannah Gadsby's Nanette coming to Netflix?
Hannah Gadsby's critically acclaimed stand-up show Nanette will launch on Netflix…
Sally Phillips to host My Favourite Sketch for Gold
Sally Phillps is to host a new archive series for Gold in which comedians pick their…
Israel complains of 'anti-semitic' parody song
Israeli has complained that a parody of its Eurovision winning-song which highlighted…
Two nudes painted by Spike Milligan are coming up for auction later this summer. The…
Meet the final finalists in the 2018 Student Comedy Award
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Features
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Will there be another Car Share?
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Someone in the audience said 'shame'. I walked off, naked...
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Learning the word 'Glaswegian' the hard way...
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'This show was very much a nod to Ken Dodd'
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Reviews
The Horne Section Television Programme
Since Alex Horne brought them such huge success with…
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Comics raise £13k for Louise Reay
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All Killa No Filla podcast to tour the US
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NextUp launches on Amazon FIre
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Female comics up for Edinburgh bursary
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Punching Up
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Videos
Here's Henry Hoover singing about how Chinese Five Spice is the best of all the spices.
It's just one of the bizarre segments in The Horne Section's Television Programme, which takes over two hours of Dave's primetime schedule tomorrow.
'This is on television!' host Alex Horne says, astounded at what they are getting away with.
The programme, which airs from 9pm, also features guest performances from Nadine Coyle, Sue Perkins, Sara Pascoe and Joe Wilkinson.
Henry Hoover singing about Chinese Five Spice
From The Horne Section's Television Programme
The Royal Wedding: Bad Lip Reading
'You can't buy a bikini. So sad!'
New sketch from Big Field co-creator
New trailer for Arrested Development
Season 5 coming next week