© Andy Hollingworth Status symbolism
Adam Bloom on how the Americans love a winner, and Brits love a loser
16/03/2021 … A few years ago I was backstage at the Comedy Store in London.
Tue 16 March 2021
© Andy Hollingworth 
Which song did Cliff Richard re-release with The Young Ones
Try our Tuesday trivia quiz, Comic Relief Special
16/03/2021 … It's Red Nose Day on Friday, so why not test your knowledge of Comic Relief fundraisers from the past with this special edition of our weekly multiple-choice…
Comics join BBC Two book show
Guests revealed for Between The Covers
16/03/2021 … Micky Flanagan, Nish Kumar and Rachel Parris are among the comedians taking part in the next series of BBC Two’s book club Between The Covers.
© UKTV Sara Pascoe: The day I lied about having cancer
16/03/2021 … Sara Pascoe has confessed that once faked cancer to get out of work.
© Robert Day Play That Goes Wrong sets its reopening
Back in the West End this summer
16/03/2021 … The Play That Goes Wrong has announced that it will return to London’s Duchess Theatre from June 18.
Adam Kay signs up for more children's books
The next, Kay's Marvellous Medicine, is out this autumn
16/03/2021 … Adam Kay is to write three non-fiction books for children.
© BBC Ellie Taylor to make a second series for Radio 4
Safe Space also features comic Robin Morgan
16/03/2021 … Ellie Taylor is to make a second series of her Radio 4 show Safe Space.
Mon 15 March 2021
One Night Stand by Simon Taylor
Review of novel about a comedian facing a paternity crisis
15/03/2021 … Simon Taylor was a young, jobbing comedian on the Melbourne stand-up scene when a one-night stand led to a paternity scare that forced him to confront a different…