How much do I love detectives? My dog's called Dorothy L Sayers...
Writer Paul Doolan on his new BBC comedy-crime series Death Valley
20/05/2025 … Hot on the heels of Ludwig, the BBC's new comedy-detective series Death Valley starts on Sunday.
Tue 20 May 2025
Comics bring an updated Dunciad to the stage
A mock-heroic catalogue of contemporary imbeciles
20/05/2025 … Comedians including Stewart Lee, Mark Steel and Arthur Smith are to perform an updated version of Alexander Pope’s 18th century satire The Dunciad.
John Kearns and Penny Dreadfuls trio take on Sherlock Holms
With new songs from Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
20/05/2025 … John Kearns is joining the Penny Dreadfuls team for a new Sherlock Holmes comedy play – with new songs from Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
In which Bond movie did John Cleese first appear as Q?
20/05/2025 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Sunlight trailer
Nina Conti's film with Shenoah Allen
20/05/2025 … Here’s a trailer for Sunlight, Nina Conti’s film about a woman escaping a toxic relationship who ends up on the road in a monkey suit.
© ITV Lenny Henry returns to stand-up
20/05/2025 … Sir Lenny Henry is to perform his first stand-up comedy gig in 16 years next week.
Mon 19 May 2025
© Avalon Lee Mack's Not Going Out gets a 15th series
BBC renews its longest-running sitcom
19/05/2025 … The BBC has renewed Lee Mack’s sitcom Not Going Out for yet another series - as it's revealed the timeline will again jump forward when the show…
© Paul Gilbey Mr Swallow in Show Pony
Review of Nick Mohammed's new tour
19/05/2025 … In keeping with the overwhelming trend in stand-up, Mr Swallow promises that Show Pony is his most personal show yet.