Unseen Tommy Cooper footage gets an airing
Performances taped in America in the 1960s
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Chris McCausland's 'stunning' Strictly semi-final dance
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Leigh Francis to release Christmas Pigs single
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Fern Brady writes her first novel
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Comedians sign up for University Challenge 2024
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Major Australian comedy agency goes bust
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Ross Noble announces his 22nd stand-up tour
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Chris McCausland: I've turned down a Strictly documentary
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Tour news
Features
AI has made me a better songwriter
Back in April, I wrote about my adventures with writing lyrics for AI to put to music…
'So good I've had to recalibrate all other comedy performances'
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'Comedy through the looking glass': In praise of The Glang Show
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Did Norbit really get an Oscar nomination?
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Reviews
How Sweet To Be An Idiot: A Celebration Of The Life Of Neil Innes
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New Radio 4 series for Ahir Shah
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Punching Up
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Michael McIntyre: The routine that almost got me sued
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How James Acaster tried to subvert Send To All
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Videos
Paul Mescal is Daddy in this week's Please Don't Destroy sketch for Saturday Night Live.
The show starts with the Gladiator II actor joining comics Ben Marshall, John Higgins and Martin Herlih in the writers' room as they run through some sketch ideas.
But then he goes and makes it weird...
Paul Mescal is Daddy
Star joins Please Don't Destroy on Saturday Night Live
CEO's murder leads Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update
With Colin Jost and Michael Che
Your sneeze isn't masculine enough
From Funny Parts
Larry Dean: Pilates in California
From his forthcoming special Fudnut