Peter Kay writes another memoir
13/06/2025 … Peter Kay is to release his fifth book, formatted as a series of monthly ‘memories and meanderings’.
2025 Archives
Fri 13 June 2025
Thu 12 June 2025
Running The Light by Sam Tallent
Review of a compelling portrait of a trainwreck of a stand-up
12/06/2025 … A macho mythology surrounds the hard-bitten, hard-living road comic, especially in the US, drawing on the romanticised nobility of the travelling troubadour/sage…
© BBC / Studio Lambert Media It's the end of term for Boarders
Public school comedy to return for third and final series
12/06/2025 … Public school comedy Boarders is to return for a third and final series, the BBC has announced.
© BBC David Walliams in hot water over Nazi salute
Comic condemned as ‘unacceptable’ after Would I Lie To You? joke falls flat
12/06/2025 … David Walliams has been criticised for jokingly making Nazi salutes during a recording of Would I Lie To You? The BBC and production company Zeppotron has…
Wed 11 June 2025
Meet Britain's funniest class of 2025
...and read some of the jokes from the Beano competition
11/06/2025 … An East London school has scooped the title of Britain’s Funniest Class in the annual competition, fun by the Beano.
Johnny Ball: I turned down The Muppets
How TV legend nearly joined Jim Henson's empire
11/06/2025 … Legendary children's television presenter Johnny Ball has revealed he once turned down the chance to work alongside The Muppets.
LGBTQ+ New Comedian Of The Year 2025
Review of the final at London's Clapham Grand
11/06/2025 … I hadn’t been to a final of the LGBTQ+ New Comedian Of The Year competition since the very first, held in a small, packed, raucous and sweaty…
It's all in the delivery!
Mark Simmons travels 12,000 miles to deliver birthday card for fan
11/06/2025 … It’s not unusual for comedians to have second jobs – and now former Mock The Week regular Mark Simmons has expanded his CV by adding ’international…