What was the name of Jamie Lee Curtis's character in Trading Places?
27/01/2026 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
2026 Archives
Tue 27 January 2026
The fear of nobody turning up
Jules O'Brian on the terror of putting on your own show
27/01/2026 … There’s a specific kind of terror that only comedians who put on their own shows understand.
Keir Starmer mocks Emmanuel Macron at Matt Forde's gig
PM finds time to appear on the Political Party podcast
27/01/2026 … Between blocking potential leadership rivals and jetting off on a diplomatic mission to China, Sir Keir Starmer took a moment to poke fun at Emmanuel Macron yesterday The…
Tim Key and Tom Basden are up for Baftas
Three nominations for The Ballad of Wallis Island
27/01/2026 … The Ballad of Wallis Island has racked up three nominations in this year’s Bafta Awards.
© Karla Gowlett Geoff Norcott’s Radio 4 show to return
Comic back to discuss 'the complex pool of masculinity'
27/01/2026 … Geoff Norcott’s Working Men’s Club – the comic’s stand-up series about modern masculinity – is returning to Radio 4 this spring/ Four…
James Acaster hits the big screen
Comedian's tour show to be shown in more than 400 cinemas
27/01/2026 … James Acaster’s last tour is to be screened in more than 400 cinemas across the UK.
More creatives join SNL UK
27/01/2026 … Three more appointments have been announced for the upcoming Saturday Night Live UK.
Your Mother’s New Boyfriend
27/01/2026 … Mark Bonanno is your mother’s new boyfriend in this new Aunty Donna sketch.