© BBC/Wall To Wall Comedian's mixed findings on Who Do You Think You Are?
20/05/2025 … Aisling Bea discovered that her great-grandfather was an active fighter for Irish independence when she took part in her episode of Who Do You Think You Are?, which…
Writer Paul Doolan on his new BBC comedy-crime series Death Valley
20/05/2025 … Hot on the heels of Ludwig, the BBC's new comedy-detective series Death Valley starts on Sunday.
A mock-heroic catalogue of contemporary imbeciles
20/05/2025 … Comedians including Stewart Lee, Mark Steel and Arthur Smith are to perform an updated version of Alexander Pope’s 18th century satire The Dunciad.
With new songs from Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
20/05/2025 … John Kearns is joining the Penny Dreadfuls team for a new Sherlock Holmes comedy play – with new songs from Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
20/05/2025 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Nina Conti's film with Shenoah Allen
20/05/2025 … Here’s a trailer for Sunlight, Nina Conti’s film about a woman escaping a toxic relationship who ends up on the road in a monkey suit.
© ITV 20/05/2025 … Sir Lenny Henry is to perform his first stand-up comedy gig in 16 years next week.
© Avalon BBC renews its longest-running sitcom
19/05/2025 … The BBC has renewed Lee Mack’s sitcom Not Going Out for yet another series - as it's revealed the timeline will again jump forward when the show…
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