Jurassic larks
Dinosaur-themed podcst leads the week's comedy on demand
20/10/2018 … This week’s comedy on demand.
Sat 20 October 2018
Fri 19 October 2018
© Chatham House/CC BY-SA 2.0 Why did Facebook hire Nick Clegg?
19/10/2018 … Tweets of the week Initially popular with the young but now no longer trusted, Facebook appoints Nick Clegg.
ITV's bid for gender equality in comedy writing
Department head launches new initiative
19/10/2018 … ITV has set itself a target to have an equal number of male and female writers across its comedy shows.
Forget Golden Grahams, try Golden Girls cereal
...it's even been given a blue rinse!
19/10/2018 … The Golden Girls now have their own breakfast cereal – and it’s flying off the shelves.
Trailer for new Netflix series The Degenerates
Featuring six 'crude and offensive' stand-ups
19/10/2018 … Netflix has released a trailer for its new stand-up series The Degenerates.
© UKTV 'The genius of Mel Brooks was a gift to humanity'
Paul Kaye – currently starring as the wizard Howell in Zapped – shares his comedy favourites
19/10/2018 … Dick Shawn dancing As a kid, my dad sat me down to watch Its A Mad Mad Mad Mad World on TV one Christmas and told me I was about to see the funniest film every…
Thu 18 October 2018
Tom Ward's Jools Holland impression
On Comedy Central's Stand-Up Central
18/10/2018 … Tom Ward reveals the soundtrack to his life in his appearance on Comedy Central's Stand-Up Central.
'Deep-fried frog is something of an acquired taste'
Sue Perkins on her new travel memoirs
18/10/2018 … Sue Perkins’s new travel memoir, East Of Croydon, is published today; to be followed by a short book tour later in the month.