Cult podcast CheapShow release a vinyl album
As they celebrate their tenth anniversary
27/05/2025 … Cult comedy podcast CheapShow is to release a vinyl record to mark its tenth birthday.
Tue 27 May 2025
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Review of the charming new film comedy with Tim Key, Tom Basden and Carey Mulligan
27/05/2025 … Beautifully observed and effortlessly charming, The Ballad of Wallis Island is a melodic, delicately meditative comedy about love and loss that could have been insufferably…
Britain is funnier. Deal with it, America
Fred McAlpine flies the flag...
27/05/2025 … Let’s get one thing out of the way: British comedy is the best comedy in the world.
Can you believe what these stand-ups are saying about AI?
27/05/2025 … Here are a couple of stand-ups talking about a new notion called ‘prompt theory’ – the idea some people have that they are AI creations…
In which district of New York is Friends set?
27/05/2025 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Taskmaster Series 19 outtakes, part one
With Greg Davies and Alex Horne
27/05/2025 … Here’s the first batch of outtakes from season 19 of Taskmaster.
Radio 4 to pay tribute to Bill Dare
Special programmes in honour of the late comedy producer
27/05/2025 … Radio 4 is to pay tribute to the late comedy producer Bill Dare in three special programmes next month.
TV comedy producers see a silver lining for tighter budgets
We can be more distinctive and creative, programme-makers say
27/05/2025 … Britain’s TV comedy producers are not only accepting the reality that they’ll have to make shows on a shoestring budget - but finding the positives in…