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23/05/2025 … The comedy chiefs of Britain’s three public-service broadcasters gathered at the BBC Comedy Festival in Belfast yesterday to discuss the state of the industry.
© BBC Comic talks Alan Partridge – and how he'd like to bring back Saxondale
22/05/2025 … Steve Coogan has credited his lower-working class upbringing as helping him get ahead in comedy.
© BBC Jon Petrie's keynote speech to the BBC Comedy Festival in full
21/05/2025 … Spending more money on comedy shows doesn’t make them funnier, the BBC’s comedy chief has said.
© BBC/Wall To Wall Comedian's mixed findings on Who Do You Think You Are?
20/05/2025 … Aisling Bea discovered that her great-grandfather was an active fighter for Irish independence when she took part in her episode of Who Do You Think You Are?, which…
Writer Paul Doolan on his new BBC comedy-crime series Death Valley
20/05/2025 … Hot on the heels of Ludwig, the BBC's new comedy-detective series Death Valley starts on Sunday.
20/05/2025 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© BBC Try our weekly trivia quiz on the comedy's 18th anniversary
13/05/2025 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© Channel 4 Duo to appear in the Horne Section, frontman Alex reveals
13/05/2025 … Flight Of The Conchords are making a comeback 15 years after their HBO series ended – but only for a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameo.
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