BBC buys The Bold Type
US comedy-drama set in the world of magazine publishing
29/07/2023 … The BBC has acquired all five seasons of the hit American comedy-drama series The Bold Type.
Sat 29 July 2023
Comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones
29/07/2023 … Here's Benji Waterstones performing an extract from his 2023 Edinburgh Fringe stand-up show You Don't Have To Be Mad To Work Here.
© Boffola Pictures/Lookout Point The Power of Parker
Review of Sian Gibson's new BBC One comedy
29/07/2023 … The recent-ish past has long been a boon for mainstream sitcoms.
Fri 28 July 2023
The Baron And The Junk Dealer
Animated short from the creators of The George Lucas Talk Show
28/07/2023 … Here’s an animated short from the creators of long-running New York underground comedy night The George Lucas Talk Show.
© James Duncan Davidson 
Catherine Tate's sketch comedy is the stuff of legend for me...
A Strange Loop star Larry Owens picks his comedy favourites
28/07/2023 … American comic Larry Owens – who won a Drama Desk Award for his starring performance in the off-Broadway musical A Strange Loop – brings his new…
The best documentaries about the Edinburgh Fringe
Alison Spittle has some recommended viewing
28/07/2023 … There are as many documentaries on the Edinburgh fringe as students flyering the Royal Mile – loads! I myself was the subject of a documentary filmed nine…
© Jacqui Double 'He made a difference. He did something valuable and important'
Comics pay tribute at a wake for alternative comedy pioneer Tony Allen... who's still alive
28/07/2023 … Fellow comedians paid their respects to the godfather of alternative comedy, Tony Allen, at his wake last night – even though he is very much alive.