Opening Bob Monkhouse's joke books
09/12/2014 … The Gold TV channel is to make a three-part documentary about Bob Monkhouse.
Tue 09 December 2014
Mon 08 December 2014
Another round of Toast
Channel 4 orders a third series of Matt Berry's comedy
08/12/2014 … Channel 4 has commissioned Matt Berry to make a third series of Toast of London.
Reg D Hunter investigates blackface
08/12/2014 … Reginald D Hunter is to investigate blackface and minstrel shows for a BBC Two documentary about the music of the American South.
Why stand-up is easy
Helen Keeler has it all figured out (Well, just comedy, really)
08/12/2014 … If there's one amazing thing about doing stand-up, it's that people are impressed.
Good comedians die young
...according to new academic research
08/12/2014 … The funniest comedians are more likely to die young, according to a new scientific paper.