RTÉ picks four sitcoms to pilot
New drive to find a hit Irish comedy to export
18/06/2018 … Four sitcom pilots are to air on RTÉ television as part of a new drive to find the next Irish comedy hit.
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Sun 17 June 2018
Do some people take the Pub Landlord seriously? I really don't care
Al Murray on satire, the changing comedy circuit – and what he really thinks of Nigel Farage
17/06/2018 … It’s the question that’s dogged Al Murray throughout his comedy career.
Hey writers, let's create the next big audience sitcom
...and we should be more like entrepreneurs, says Dave Cohen
17/06/2018 … This weekend, comedy writer Dave Cohen gave the keynote speech at the Craft of Comedy festival in Llandudno.
Porn fills the Royal Albert Hall
The best of the week's live comedy
17/06/2018 … The best of the week's live comedy.
© BBC You've got to have an angle..
The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio
17/06/2018 … The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio.
Jason Manford plays Catchphrase
Rob Beckett and Adrian Edmondson also in celebrity specials
17/06/2018 … Jason Manford, Rob Beckett, Ruth Jones and Adrian Edmondson are to take part in celebrity editions of Catchphrase.
Quiz the BBC's comedy chief
17/06/2018 … BBC comedy chief Shane Allen is to give tips on how to break into the industry at a free session this week.
Fin Taylor plays feminist bingo
In his latest Comedy Central short
17/06/2018 … Fin Taylor ticks of feminist cliches in the latest episode of Bullshit Bingo.