Stand-ups unite on new musical comedy
Based on an Aristophanes classic
07/06/2018 … Jenny Eclair, Shappi Khorsandi and Natalie Haynes are to write a new musical comedy together.
Thu 07 June 2018
Hammerhead nails it
Brighton Fringe Award for Joseph Morpurgo
07/06/2018 … Joseph Morpurgo has won the prize for the best comedy show at the Brighton Fringe.
Talking Paintings: Customers Who Can’t Self Service | T
07/06/2018 … The 'real' story behind great artwork is revealed in a new BBC Three web series.
A Pointless trophy?
Britons couldn't name many of the Joke Of The Fringe comics
07/06/2018 … Any comedian who believes that getting on to Dave's Joke Of The Fringe shortlist is a shortcut to fame might have another think coming.
Harry Hill announces his first tour in five years
07/06/2018 … Harry Hill has announced his first tour in five years – with a show aimed squarely at children.
© Andy Hollingworth Dylan Moran attacks 'panel show wankers'
'That's the opposite of comedy'
07/06/2018 … Dylan Moran has slammed panel shows – and Radio 4’s humorous output – as being ‘the opposite of comedy’.
A honeymoon horror story
How Jon Richardson took Lucy Beaumont to a homicide hotspot
07/06/2018 … It's probably not the ideal start to a marriage.
A word to the WIs
Jo Brand to present radio quiz for Women's Institutes
07/06/2018 … Jo Brand is to host a one-off BBC quiz show that pits two Women’s Institutes against each other.