Greg Davies to host Royal Variety Performance
10/10/2018 … Greg Davies is to host this year’s Royal Variety Performance, it has been announced.
2018 Archives
Wed 10 October 2018
© BBC Lenny Henry to narrate Christmas animation Zog
Children's classic brought to life
10/10/2018 … Lenny Henry is to narrate an animated version of children’s picture book Zog for BBC One this Christmas.
'I have lots of inner voices... It’s busy up there'
Robin Ince on the psychology of stand-up
10/10/2018 … When writing about comedy, there is nothing a dramatist likes more than the ‘sad clown’ archetype.
© BBC Whites to get a US remake
A full eight years after the Alan Davies comedy aired
10/10/2018 … America is set to remake Whites, the short-lived restaurant-based comedy starring Alan Davies.
Michael McIntyre signs to Beyoncé's agent
Big move towards cracking America
10/10/2018 … Michael McIntyre has set his sights on breaking the US, signing his first American agent.
Get stuffed, Rodney (and Del and Uncle Albert)
Coming soon: new Only Fools And Horses toys
10/10/2018 … It looks like the sort of dodgy merchandise Del Boy would flog from his market stall.
Tue 09 October 2018
Which comic strip character did James Bolan bring to life?
09/10/2018 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly trivia quiz - compiled, as always by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© Richie Cain / Facebook Liverpool comic and promoter Ritchie Cain dies at 31
Stand-up had suffered epilepsy
09/10/2018 … Liverpudlian comedian and promoter Richy Cain has died suddenly at the age of 31.