© Harald Krichel/CC BY-SA 3.0 11/01/2022 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© BBC Actor famed as stick-in-the-mud councillor David Horton
11/01/2022 … Actor Gary Waldhorn, who starred as Councillor David Horton in TV sitcom The Vicar of Dibley, has died at 78.
Stand-up special and documentary
11/01/2022 … Comic Leroy Brito has been commissioned to make two programmes for BBC Radio Wales – a stand-up special and a documentary about his life as a single father.
© David Parry/PA Wire Katie Piper backs Jo Brand over her battery acid gag
11/01/2022 … Here’s an unusual change: a celebrity refraining from joining a pile-on over a comedian’s joke.
11/01/2022 … Kerry Godliman, Suzi Ruffell, Lou Sanders, Alex Brooker and Phil Wang are all showing off their cooking skills in a new digital series for Channel 4.
11/01/2022 … It’s never easy is it? The moment you fall in love with live stand-up, you want more.
Big-screen adventure out in May
11/01/2022 … Here’s the trailer for the forthcoming Bob’s Burgers movie.
© Avalon/BBC BBC sets channel's comeback date
11/01/2022 … BBC Three will relaunch as a broadcast channel on Tuesday February 1, the corporation has announced.
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