BBC celebrates the world of stand-up
International showcase for the World Service
08/11/2017 … Britain’s international comedy scene is to be celebrated in a special World Service programme to be broadcast around the globe.
Wed 08 November 2017
© Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 3.0 How Nick Frost's career has been built on a lie
Actor comes clean over Spaced role
08/11/2017 … Nick Frost’s entire career has been built on a lie.
Giving John Shuttleworth a rest
Creator Graham Fellows goes on tour as himself
08/11/2017 … John Shuttleworth creator Graham Fellows is hanging up his purple leather jacket and putting his Yahama in storage – and performing his first tour as himself.
Josie Long, superhero
...as she appears in a new exhibition
08/11/2017 … Here is Josie Long as you’ve never seen her before – as a comic-book superhero with a cape made of books.
Always mischievous, never malicious...
Elvis Dead creator Rob Kemp picks his Perfect Playlist
08/11/2017 … As his cult hit The Elvis Dead hits the Soho Theatre, comedian Rob Kemp picks his Perfect Playlist.
© Brian Minkoff-London Pixels/Creative Commons Brian May's hidden role in The Rebel
08/11/2017 … The new series of Gold’s comedy The Rebel features a guest appearance from Brian May – though you won’t be able to see him.
© BBC/Channel X/Chris Harris Detectorists Series 3
08/11/2017 … The camera sweeps high over the gleaming steel and glass edifices of the City of London before cutting to sharp-suited executives pacing corridors with urgency and…
© BBC Motherland nurtures 1.3m viewers
Ratings success for BBC sitcom
08/11/2017 … Motherland attracted 1.