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30/10/2026 … I’ve previously written about the parasocial nature of podcast fandom.
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Fri 30 October 2026
Tue 27 October 2026
© BBC 'There's a pattern of new acts being tribute acts to their inspirations'
BBC New Comedy Award judges on what makes comics stand out
27/10/2026 … As this year’s BBC New Comedy Awards head to BBC Three and iPlayer, judges Amy Gledhill, Kiell Smith-Bynoe and Dan Tiernan talk about how they found their…
In Look Around You, what was the element Cd?
27/10/2026 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Thu 22 October 2026
© Owl Power 'Ted was the perfect companion'
Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse on the return of Gone Fishing... and the loss of their dog
22/10/2026 … Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing returns for a ninth series at 9pm on Sunday on BBC Two and iPlayer, with Bob and Paul travelling from Shetland to Hampshire…
Wed 21 October 2026
Save Radio 4 Extra
We launch petition as listeners protest BBC axe
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…
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.