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21/10/2026 … Chortle has launched a petition to save Radio 4 Extra as comedians, writers, producers and broadcasters stepped up to criticise the BBC’s decision to axe the…
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Interviews with comedians, comedy reviews, Perfect Playlists and other comedy features, all collected in one place.
Wed 21 October 2026
Tue 20 October 2026
What was General Melchett's first name in Blackadder Goes Forth?
20/10/2026 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Wed 14 October 2026
'Yes, this probably is the end of Ghosts'
Laurence Rickard on the sitcom's film adaptation, writing on Amandaland and more...
14/10/2026 … Laurence Rickard wrote Ghosts with Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick and Ben Willbond, the team that first began working together on…
Tue 13 October 2026
© BBC What was the first name of Mr Humphries in Are You Being Served?
13/10/2026 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© Prime Video 'Trying to be serious is inevitably always so funny'
Q&As with all the Last One Laughing Halloween contestants
13/10/2026 … Last One Laughing returns to Prime Video for a Halloween special, airing from October 23.
'It's the UEFA Cup of comedy...'
Jimmy Carr and Roisin Conaty on Last One Laughing Halloween
13/10/2026 … Last One Laughing returns to Prime Video for a Halloween special, airing from October 23.
© Nit TV 'If it ain’t making paper salad then its gots to go'
Ellie White and Natasia Demetriou on the return of their sketch show
13/10/2026 … Ellie White and Natasia Demetriou’s sketch show returns to BBC Two and iPlayer next Wednesday, four years after the last series.
Wed 07 October 2026
'My leg hair still hasn't properly grown back'
Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan on the return of their Sky travel series
07/10/2026 … Rob & Romesh Vs returns to Sky and Now TV for a ninth series next Wednesday, with Messrs Beckett and Ranganathan taking on four more challenges.