Bonus content from Hypothetical
14/06/2022 … If you had to invite Josh Widdicombe or James Acaster to all your future social events, which would it be? That's what guests on their Dave show Hypothetical…
14/06/2022 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© George Grimes ...or at least the comedian who played her on Spitting Image does
14/06/2022 … For 12 years, he voiced Margaret Thatcher in Spitting Image – now Steve Nallon is publishing his first novel.
Gags and anecdotes galore at West End tribute
14/06/2022 … Friends, fans and family of Barry Cryer gathered in London’s West End last night to remember the great gagsmith at a star-studded memorial gig.
© Netflix We speak to Rowan Atkinson about his new Netflix series Man Vs Bee
14/06/2022 … ‘He’s a very odd, very tiny, self-regarding, narcissistic, self-centred anarchist,’ Rowan Atkinson says contemptuously.
For best self-published fiction on Kindle
14/06/2022 … Doctor turned comedian turned author Adam Kay has joined the judging panel for this year’s Kindle Storyteller Award.
Other roles include Modern Family, Curb Your Enthusiasm and Bojack Horseman
14/06/2022 … American character actor Philip Baker Hall, whose roles include Seinfeld, Modern Family and Curb Your Enthusiasm has died at the age of 90.
'Stark, ribald and surreal' satire gets a fresh outing
13/06/2022 … Spike Milligan’s post-apocalyptic dark comedy The Bed Sitting Room has not been performed on stage for almost 40 years.
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