© BBC Contributors include Chris Morris, Steve Coogan and Julia Louis-Dreyfus
20/02/2025 … Armando Iannucci is to be profiled by the BBC’s prestigious arts series Imagine The influential comedy showrunner has been interviewed …
Comic to get help with his Fringe debut
20/02/2025 … Liam Tulley has become the fourth comedian selected to be one of this year’s Chortle Hotshots.
Broadcaster to commission two pilot scripts
20/02/2025 … Channel 4 has launched a scheme to fund two half-hour comedy scripts from Northern Ireland.
'A guide to life from someone who doesn’t want to do anything'
20/02/2025 … Rhys James has written his first book, all about his reluctance to ever do anything.
© Hat Trick / Channel 4 Review of a new memoir about the making of Father Ted, by its producer
20/02/2025 … Thirty years after its Channel 4 debut, Father Ted retains a degree of fan devotion that is reserved only for the first rank of sitcoms.
Kate-Lois Elliott calls for comedy to be treated like theatre
20/02/2025 … I'm about to take my debut show on tour.
© Roger Harris/UK Parliament New trial scheme to improve people's health
20/02/2025 … They say laughter is the best medicine… now patients are set to get comedy gigs on prescription.
Edinburgh Fringe hit comes to London
19/02/2025 … Jordan Brookes had to suffer through a dismal Titanic musical - now it’s our turn.
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