© BBC What was Fletch's first name in the Porridge reboot?
04/08/2020 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Tue 04 August 2020
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© Steve Ullathorne New radio comedy for Ashley Blaker - and his family
6.5 Children 'fiinds funny in raising children with disabilities’
04/08/2020 … Radio 4 has ordered a new four-part series from comedian Ashley Blaker.
Underbelly launches Fringe fundraiser
...backed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge
04/08/2020 … Major Edinburgh Fringe operator Underbelly has launched a fundraiser for the performers who were due to appear at its venues this year.
© Idil Sukan It's the Shedinburgh Fringe!
Comedians in another virtual festival to help fill the gapp
04/08/2020 … Sara Pascoe, Mark Thomas and Rosie Jones are among the comedians taking part in another virtual festival aiming to help fill the void left by the cancellation of…
© Pierre Rosa / Pixabay But is it art?
Sebastian Bloomfield on stand-up comedy and the quest for cultural credibility
04/08/2020 … Arts Council England has recently taken the unprecedented step of including comedy as a form of theatre under the terms of the Culture Recovery Fund, part of the…
Boycie flogs a hooky poker set
Recreate an Only Fools scene in your own home...
04/08/2020 … Only Fools And Horses star John Challis is flogging a hooky set of poker cards, with four extra kings in the pack.
Mon 03 August 2020
Piff The Magic Dragon wins Tournament of Laughs
03/08/2020 … Piff The Magic Dragon has been crowned winner of the Tournament of Laughs comedy competition run by America’s TBS TV network.
Aberdeen comedy festival called off
October gigs called off as social distancing makes it unviable
03/08/2020 … The Aberdeen International Comedy Festival, due to take place from October 1 to 11, has been called off.