Operation Mincemeat release Dear Bill single
Closing track from their West End and Broadway hit
20/05/2025 … The closing track of the Broadway and West End hit Operation Mincemeat has been released as a single today.
Tue 20 May 2025
© BBC/Wall To Wall Aisling Bea: My pride – and shame - at my family tree
Comedian's mixed findings on Who Do You Think You Are?
20/05/2025 … Aisling Bea discovered that her great-grandfather was an active fighter for Irish independence when she took part in her episode of Who Do You Think You Are?, which…
How much do I love detectives? My dog's called Dorothy L Sayers...
Writer Paul Doolan on his new BBC comedy-crime series Death Valley
20/05/2025 … Hot on the heels of Ludwig, the BBC's new comedy-detective series Death Valley starts on Sunday.
Comics bring an updated Dunciad to the stage
A mock-heroic catalogue of contemporary imbeciles
20/05/2025 … Comedians including Stewart Lee, Mark Steel and Arthur Smith are to perform an updated version of Alexander Pope’s 18th century satire The Dunciad.
John Kearns and Penny Dreadfuls trio take on Sherlock Holms
With new songs from Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
20/05/2025 … John Kearns is joining the Penny Dreadfuls team for a new Sherlock Holmes comedy play – with new songs from Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
In which Bond movie did John Cleese first appear as Q?
20/05/2025 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Sunlight trailer
Nina Conti's film with Shenoah Allen
20/05/2025 … Here’s a trailer for Sunlight, Nina Conti’s film about a woman escaping a toxic relationship who ends up on the road in a monkey suit.
© ITV Lenny Henry returns to stand-up
20/05/2025 … Sir Lenny Henry is to perform his first stand-up comedy gig in 16 years next week.