Review of a compelling portrait of a trainwreck of a stand-up
12/06/2025 … A macho mythology surrounds the hard-bitten, hard-living road comic, especially in the US, drawing on the romanticised nobility of the travelling troubadour/sage…
© BBC / Studio Lambert Media Public school comedy to return for third and final series
12/06/2025 … Public school comedy Boarders is to return for a third and final series, the BBC has announced.
© BBC Comic condemned as ‘unacceptable’ after Would I Lie To You? joke falls flat
12/06/2025 … David Walliams has been criticised for jokingly making Nazi salutes during a recording of Would I Lie To You? The BBC and production company Zeppotron has…
...and read some of the jokes from the Beano competition
11/06/2025 … An East London school has scooped the title of Britain’s Funniest Class in the annual competition, fun by the Beano.
How TV legend nearly joined Jim Henson's empire
11/06/2025 … Legendary children's television presenter Johnny Ball has revealed he once turned down the chance to work alongside The Muppets.
Review of the final at London's Clapham Grand
11/06/2025 … I hadn’t been to a final of the LGBTQ+ New Comedian Of The Year competition since the very first, held in a small, packed, raucous and sweaty…
Mark Simmons travels 12,000 miles to deliver birthday card for fan
11/06/2025 … It’s not unusual for comedians to have second jobs – and now former Mock The Week regular Mark Simmons has expanded his CV by adding ’international…
© Rumpus Media Two-part documentary coming to Channel 4
11/06/2025 … Johnny Vegas has made a Channel 4 documentary about how he was diagnosed with ADHD while attempting to create a piece of public art for his hometown of St Helens.
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