Taskmaster Series 19 outtakes, part one
With Greg Davies and Alex Horne
27/05/2025 … Here’s the first batch of outtakes from season 19 of Taskmaster.
2025 Archives
Tue 27 May 2025
Radio 4 to pay tribute to Bill Dare
Special programmes in honour of the late comedy producer
27/05/2025 … Radio 4 is to pay tribute to the late comedy producer Bill Dare in three special programmes next month.
TV comedy producers see a silver lining for tighter budgets
We can be more distinctive and creative, programme-makers say
27/05/2025 … Britain’s TV comedy producers are not only accepting the reality that they’ll have to make shows on a shoestring budget - but finding the positives in…
Rik Mayall gets an authorised biography
27/05/2025 … An authorised biography of Rik Mayall is to be published… but not until March 2028 on what would have been his 70th birthday.
Emmanuel Sonubi shouldn't joke in US airports
27/05/2025 … Emmanuel Sonubi has found out the US border security guards are no fans of comedy the hard way.
© Jonathan Kemp Photography LGBTQ+ New Comedian of the Year 2025 finalists announced
Ahead of the gig at Clapham Grand
27/05/2025 … The finalists for the LGBTQ+ New Comedian of the Year 2025 have been announced.
Mon 26 May 2025
Death Valley
Review of BBC One’s new comedy detective series with Timothy Spall and Gwyneth Keyworth
26/05/2025 … With Ludwig and now this, the BBC’s comedy department is looking like the home of cosy crime.
© Two Rivers Frankie Boyle 'wished his Katie Price gag had never aired'
Comic felt backlash harmed his career, says TV exec
26/05/2025 … Frankie Boyle privately admitted that it one of his most controversial jokes should never have aired, the TV executive who signed it off has revealed.