Radio 4 announces a new open-door sketch show
Athena Kugblenu and Ali Official to host DMs Are Open
27/04/2022 … Radio 4 is to launch a new comedy sketch show which anybody can write for.
Wed 27 April 2022
Charlie Baker to play Tony Blair again
...in Harry Hill's rock opera about the former Prime Minister
27/04/2022 … Charlie Baker is to revive his role as Tony Blair in Harry Hill’s rock opera about the former Prime Minister.
Comics to discuss ‘what can you laugh about?'
At the Leeds International Festival of Ideas
27/04/2022 … Comics Geoff Norcott, Rosie Jones and Jamali Maddix are to discuss ‘what can you laugh about?’ at this year’s Leeds International Festival…
© Matt Crockett Amazon sets a release date for Iain Stirling’s comedy special
Failing Upwards was delayed by almost two years by Covid
27/04/2022 … Iain Stirling’s first Amazon Original stand-up special is to be released on Prime Video on May 27, it has been announced Failing Upwards was taped in London’s…
© Stuart Hogben Bill Bailey and Rosie Jones to perform at jubilee pageant
Comics at Buckingham Palace event
27/04/2022 … Bill Bailey and Rosie Jones are to appear at the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee pageant, it has been announced The comedians will join the likes of Ed Sheeran,…
Tue 26 April 2022
Josh Jones on family secrets
26/04/2022 … Josh Jones talks about on his hometown, finding love and giving away family secrets in this new Comedy Central Live clip.
What were the names of the Fast Show's Suit You tailors?
26/04/2022 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Barry Humphries: The Man Behind The Mask
Review of the comedy legend's 'audience with'-style tour
26/04/2022 … As Covid masks are widely discarded, Barry Humphries offers a reflective peek at the ‘recovering comedian’ behind the metaphorical masks he dons for…