Emmy nominations for Hannah Gadsby, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and more
The Marvelous Mrs Maisel leads shortlists
28/07/2020 … John Oliver, What We Do In The Shadows, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Hannah Gadsby have all been nominated for Emmy awards.
Tue 28 July 2020
What is the name of the supermarket in the Sky One sitcom Trollied?
28/07/2020 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© BBC 'The problem with stand-up is you get too much control...'
Lee Mack speaks ahead of his new BBC comedy, Semi-Detached
28/07/2020 … What can you tell us about Semi-Detached? It’s about a man who lives with his much younger girlfriend and he’s living opposite his ex-wife who lives…
© BBC 'We're equally proud and ashamed of one scene...'
Interview with David Crow and Oliver Maltman, writers of new BBC comedy Semi-Detched
28/07/2020 … What can you tell us about Semi-Detached? It’s about divorced couple Stuart (Lee Mack) and Kate (Samantha Spiro), who live on opposite sides of the same…
Daily Mash publisher swells its coffers
'Lockdown has given us great opportunities'
28/07/2020 … The company behind spoof website Daily Mash has doubled its cash balance in six months Digitalbox plc, which also owns Entertainment Daily, swelled its bank…
Mon 27 July 2020
Duck Tales intro - using only stock footage
27/07/2020 … Comic Matthew Highton has recreated yet another classic TV opening sequence using only stock footage: Duck Tales.
© BBC Round The Horne repeat 'broke BBC standards'
But 52-year-old comedy won't be banned
27/07/2020 … A 52-year-old episode of radio comedy Round The Horne has broken current BBC standards because of its potentially racist stereotypes, the broadcaster’s complaints…
An army of Karens
Sara Barron on Nish Kumar's Hello America
27/07/2020 … Sara Barron sets out her plan to recruit an army of Karens when she appeared on Nish Kumar's Hello America.