The A-Z Of Blackness
New web series from Dane Baptiste
07/12/2021 … Here’s the first episode in Dane Baptist’s new web series The A-Z of Blackness, released today.
Tue 07 December 2021
What is Simon Pegg's real surname?
07/12/2021 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© BBC/Alan Peebles Beyoncé 'is a fan of Mrs Brown'
Superstar thinks Brendan O'Carroll's alter ego is 'hilarious'
07/12/2021 … Beyoncé is a fan of Mrs Brown, her creator Brendan O’Carroll has declared.
New book deal for Ian Moore
Two more novels in comedian's Follet Valley Mysteries series
07/12/2021 … Ian Moore is to write two more mystery novels.
Omicron halts National Comedy Awards
Channel 4 postpones next week's ceremony amid growing Covid fears
07/12/2021 … Channel 4 have called off the National Comedy Awards due to be held next week – because of the Omicron variant of Covid.
Megan Stalter at the Soho Theatre
Review of the US comic's UK debut
07/12/2021 … Megan Stalter is a product of social media, and not just because that’s where she found her audience.
Dave to pilot four new comedy shows
All chosen via a competition seeking diverse new writers
07/12/2021 … Four comedy pilots are to be shot for the Dave channel, thanks to a new writing competition.
© Adam Johnson/Slapstick Barry Cryer to launch a podcast
Comedy legend to interview fellow stars
07/12/2021 … Barry Cryer is launching his own podcast, at the age of 86.