Which comedian's voice was sampled on the EMF hit song Unbelievable?
29/04/2025 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Tue 29 April 2025
New agent for Samira Banks
29/04/2025 … Samira Banks has signed up to the Blue Book comedy agency.
© Sky Daisy May Cooper joins Asterix series
29/04/2025 … Daisy May Cooper is in the cast of the new Astérix & Obélix animated series, it has been announced.
© UKTV 'Considering you're not allowed to laugh, this show is genuinely funny'
Silence Is Golden creator Richard Bacon
29/04/2025 … In the new U&Dave show Silence Is Golden, a studio audience is given £250,000, but every time any of them make a noise, the communal prize pot is depleted…
First look at the Soho Theatre Walthamstow
Major London comedy venue opening this week
29/04/2025 … Here are the first images from inside the new Soho Theatre Walthamstow, which opens on Friday with a run of Natalie Palamides’ show Weer.
Chris McCasuland to make a documentary about tech
Trying out the 'gadgets and gizmos' that will help his life
29/04/2025 … Chris McCasuland is to make a BBC Two documentary on how technology has been life-changing for him, and what the future holds.
MPs hear about the state of the comedy industry
29/04/2025 … Comedians and industry figures have called on the government to put comedy on a level playing field with other art forms when it comes to access to public funds.