© BBC 28/04/2026 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© Julian Herzog (Serpentine pic)/CC BY-SA 4.0 ...and, yes, drink had been taken!
28/04/2026 … Alan Carr has admitted that he once fell into The Serpentine after getting drunk on ‘hallucinogenic tequila’.
© Peter Rogan Ken Dodd's widow seeks to protect his catchphrases
28/04/2026 … Ken Dodd’s widow has applied to trademark his catchphrases and characters.
© BBC/Happy Tramp North Ltd Comedy star reveals thinner figure in new series of Only Child
28/04/2026 … Fans will be seeing a lot less of Gregor Fisher in the next series of Only Child when it airs next week.
© BBC/Merman Cast of Amandaland on the sitcom's return
27/04/2026 … Amandaland returns for its second series next Wednesday – May 6 – on BBC One.
Live version of long-running comedy sports show
27/04/2026 … Comedy sports panel show A League Of Their Own is to take its format on the road for the first time, with a live arena tour of the UK this autumn.
Stand-up trading cards launched in the US
27/04/2026 … American comedy fans will soon be able to trade cards based on their favourite stand-ups.
Hi-de-Hi star promises to reveal 'the real her'
27/04/2026 … Su Pollard has written a ‘revealing and comical’ memoir, due out in August.
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