Which beer did Griff Rhys Jones once advertise?
26/01/2021 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Tue 26 January 2021
Australian comedians in the UK
Daniel Muggleton, Nick Elleray, Laura Davis and Damian Clark at Brighton Komedia
26/01/2021 … Today is Australia Day… an increasingly contentious date as it marks the anniversary of the British first fleet, and therefore the takeover of the land…
C4 buys Hulu comedy-drama Ramy
About a Muslim-American caught between two cultures
26/01/2021 … Channel 4 has acquired the acclaimed US comedy-drama Ramy.
Nina Conti goes dating
Comic ventriloquist announces 2021/22 tour
26/01/2021 … Comedy ventriloquist Nina Conti has announced her first tour in four years.
327,000 watch the Big Burns Supper
Online success for Janey Godley-hosted show
26/01/2021 … Janey Godley’s Big Burns Supper attracted a digital audience of 327,000 viewers last night.
David Nobbs writing bursary ups its prize
£750 for promising comedy talent
26/01/2021 … The comedy writing prize set up in memory of Reggie Perrin creator David Nobbs has increased its prize.
Eleanor Tiernan to record a Radio 4 special
Comic joins Sunday night line-of shows
26/01/2021 … Eleanor Tiernan is to record her first Radio 4 comedy special.
© James Gilham Katherine Ryan writes her autobiography
'From Hooters waitress to comedy megastar'
26/01/2021 … Katherine Ryan is writing her autobiography, The Audacity, to will be published in September.