From The Oasthouse: The Alan Partridge Podcast series 2
22/09/2022 … The last time we saw Alan Partridge he was being denied entry to Broadcasting House after an ill-judged Network-style meltdown on This Time left him stuck outside…
Thu 22 September 2022
Jim Davidson hopes to revive the spirit of The Comedians
Old-school stand-up show for his steaming service
22/09/2022 … Jim Davidson is hoping to revive the spirit of 1970s showcase The Comedians with a new TV show for his Ustreme channel.
Rhys James announces 2023 tour
22/09/2022 … Rhys James has announced a new stand-up tour for 2023.
Radio 4 'should be made to air more comedy'
Call for quotas as output falls 17 per cent
22/09/2022 … Producers are demanding that broadcast watchdogs order Radio 4 to broadcast a minimum amount of comedy each year, after output fell 17 per cent.
Kim Noble: Lullaby for Scavengers
Live comedy-performance art review
22/09/2022 … Seven years in the making, Kim Noble’s new show offers an unflinching embrace of what most people would find repulsive.
Wed 21 September 2022
Ted Lasso's AFC Richmond comes to Fifa 23
It'll do nothing for rumours Brett Goldstein is CGI...
21/09/2022 … Ted Lasso's AFC Richmond will be a playable team in Fifa 23, it has been announced.
Naked Gun! spoofers turn to Nordic noir
New parody series in the pipeline
21/09/2022 … The film-makers behind The Naked Gun and Airplane! franchisse are to make a new spoof Scandi-noir series with the BBC.
John Oliver: Sky was 'pretty shitty' to censor my Queen jokes
Period of mourning was 'very strange'
21/09/2022 … John Oliver has said it was ‘pretty shitty’ of Sky to censor his jokes about the response to the Queen’s death.