Covid vaccines explained
10/02/2021 … Some of the finest scientific minds in the world have explained how vaccines are helping turn the corner in the fight against Covid-19.
Wed 10 February 2021
'I'd be very happy to make more Outnumbered'
Just not yet, says star Hugh Dennis
10/02/2021 … Hugh Dennis says he would like Outnumbered to come back – but not for a couple of decades.
© Peggy_Marco/Pixabay Humour in poetry should be taken seriously
Says creative writing lecturer Christina Thatcher
10/02/2021 … As a child, I remember laughing out loud while reading Shel Silverstein’s poetry book A Light in the Attic (1981).
© BBC BBC confirms Toast of Tinseltown
Matt Berry's alter-ego is back after six years – and on a new channel
10/02/2021 … The BBC has confirmed that it has picked up a new series of Toast Of London – six years after it last aired on Channel 4.
© BBC Comedians join major Welsh festival
10/02/2021 … Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Jordan Brookes, Lolly Adefope and Tim Key are to take part in a major Welsh festival next month.
Tue 09 February 2021
Father Ted's shopkeeper Mary dies at 67
Tributes paid to Rynagh O'Grady
09/02/2021 … Rynagh O'Grady, who played Craggy Island shop owner Mary O'Leary on Father Ted, has died aged 67.
© BBC Who is Sybil often on the phone to in Fawlty Towers?
Try our Tuesday Trivia Quiz - 200th edition!
09/02/2021 … Incredibly, this is the 200th comedy quiz that broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker has set for Chortle.
© UKTV Jimmy Carr’s giant flaming dick...
Comic confesses to schoolday prank
09/02/2021 … Jimmy Carr’s made a career out of dick jokes – and it turns out he started young.