Who won the very first episode of Taskmaster?
02/09/2025 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
2025 Archives
Tue 02 September 2025
Brennan Reece wins 'joke of the festival'
From the Creatures Comedy Festival in Manchester
02/09/2025 … Brennan Reece has won an award for having the best joke at the Creatures Comedy Festival in Manchester.
Comics up for 2025 Sky Arts Award
Elf Lyons, Jen Brister and Sarah Keyworth all nominated
02/09/2025 … Elf Lyons, Jen Brister and Sarah Keyworth have been nominated for the Sky Arts Award for comedy The broadcaster said: ‘Elf Lyons is nominated for her…
© PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo Graham Linehan arrested over anti-trans tweet
Father Ted writer held at Heathrow Airport
02/09/2025 … Graham Linehan has been arrested at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of inciting violence via social media posts.
John Cleese's latest BBC gripes
Comic, 85, repeats his complaints agains bureaucracy and
02/09/2025 … John Cleese has made one of his regular moans about the BBC, complaining there’s ‘been nothing funny since The Office’.
Taping set for Series 20 of Live At The Apollo
02/09/2025 … The 20th series of Live At The Apollo is to be recorded this month.
The Golden Cobra up for two Welsh Baftas
...and Katy Wix nominated for Big Boys
02/09/2025 … Animated comedy The Golden Cobra has been nominated for two Welsh Bafta awards.
Mon 01 September 2025
Tell Me When You're Bored
Channel 4 pilot from Rob Copland
01/09/2025 … Here's Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Rob Copland's Channel 4 sketch show pilot, Tell Me When You're Bored.