© Allan Warren/Creative Commons Comic planned a challenge-based game show, archive reveals
21/10/2021 … Frankie Howerd could have been an early version of the Taskmaster, newly unearthed documents have revealed.
© Suzy Hazelwood/Pexels Accolade for animated satire mocking American xenophobia
20/10/2021 … Comedy writers Ian Sweeney and Alex Scott have won an award for their sitcom script for a ‘fish-out-of-water animated satire that takes aim at American…
40 dates for Spitting Image impressionist
20/10/2021 … Comedian and impressionist Luke Kempner has announced a 2022 tour.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s show hailed by experts worldwide
20/10/2021 … Fleabag is the greatest comedy of the 21st Century so far, across the entire globe.
New collection of all their Thames TV shows
19/10/2021 … The last TV shows Eric Morecambe & Ernie Wise ever made are to be released on DVD.
Preview clip from his Channel 4 show
19/10/2021 … Here's a preview clip of Kieran Hodgson’s new comedy documentary, How We Forgot To Save The Planet, which airs on Channel 4 tonight.
19/10/2021 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
A new play about a washed-up comedian
19/10/2021 … Could it be time for a 21st Century version of The Comedians, Trevor Griffiths’ perceptive play that foresaw the alternative comedy revolution upending the…
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