Charlie Brooker to host Have I Got News For You
After the success of Antiviral Wipe
19/05/2020 … Charlie Brooker is to host this week's Have I Got News For You, makers Hat Trick productions have announced.
Tue 19 May 2020
Hello, Sorry
The Showstoppers create a song about losing internet and phone signals in lockdown
19/05/2020 … Improv group the Showstoppers were challenged by Olivier award-winning West End star Jenna Russell to create a song about losing internet and phone connection in…
In which fictional city does the animated comedy King of the Hill take place?
19/05/2020 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
This pre-pandemic stand-up special has NOT aged well
19/05/2020 … Comedian Tim Williamson is releasing a Netflix stand-up special recorded before the lockdown – and his jokes have NOT aged well.
Top of the pods...
Comedians up for British Podcast Awards
19/05/2020 … Richard Herring; Ed Gamble and James Acaster; Chris and Rosie Ramsey; the Kurupt FM crew; Julia Davis and Vicki Pepperdine; and Elis James and John Robins are among…
Ian Fletcher, the BBC's head of values, is back!
New video message from the star of W1A
19/05/2020 … Ian Fletcher, the BBC's head of values as seen on the documentary W1A, has recorded a new speech from his home executive office.
When George Formby told off his writers for being too rude
Letter goes under the hammer in major memorabilia auction
19/05/2020 … George Formby may be known for his risqué double entendres – but he once had to warn his writers about for supplying ‘too much sex’…
Mon 18 May 2020
Antisemitic... or just stupid playground insults?
Row after Stewart Lee mocks Tom Tugendhat's surname
18/05/2020 … Stewart Lee has been accused of antisemitism after mocking the surname of Tory MP Tom Tugendhat.