What inspired Inspector Clouseau's look?
03/02/2026 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
2026 Archives
Tue 03 February 2026
Comics go spying for New Zealand
Familiar faces in new Kiwi comedy
03/02/2026 … Inbetweeners star Joe Thomas has teamed up with Kiwi comedians Rose Matafeo, Paul Williams and Bret McKenzie from Flight Of The Conchords to write and star in a…
'A masterclass in physicality, geared towards pure charm'
03/02/2026 … Reviewer Tim Harding gives a rundown of the comedy he's been watching in London.
The Eternal Shame Of Sue Perkins
Review of the comic's return to stand-up
03/02/2026 … Sue Perkins conducts a straw poll at the top of her show to gauge audience expectations.
© UKTV Comics tackle escape rooms in new TV show
With team captains Ed Gamble and Nish Kumar
03/02/2026 … Ed Gamble and Nish Kumar will lead two teams of comedians in an escape room series coming to U&Dave later this year.
© Paul Gilbey New podcast for Fern Brady and Alison Spittle
Four years after they last hosted Wheel Of Misfortune together,
03/02/2026 … Comedians Fern Brady and Alison Spittle are reuniting for a new podcast called Ignore That Feeling.
Richard Herring to star in Educating Rita
03/02/2026 … Richard Herring is to play disillusioned and alcoholic lecturer Frank in an amateur stage production of Educating Rita.
© C4 Which comedians are in Celebrity Bake Off 2026
03/02/2026 … Comics Richard Herring, Joe Wilkinson, Roisin Conaty, Jon Richardson, Babatunde Aléshé, Rose Matafeo, Judi Love and Tom Davis are taking part…