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© C4/Merman/2LE Rosie Jones criticises tokenism as she launches her sitcom Pushers
10/06/2025 … Rosie Jones has criticised the token representation of disabled people on screen.
© 20th Century Studios 10/06/2025 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© ITV Cymru Wales Ruth Jones and Steve Speirs on their long friendship
05/06/2025 … Welsh comedy actors Ruth Jones and Steve Speirs are spending a nostalgic weekend in Merthyr Tydfil for a new BBC One programme airing next week.
© BBC 03/06/2025 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Tim Minchin refuses to be pigeonholed
02/06/2025 … Twenty years after he burst on to the UK comedy scene by winning best newcomer at the Edinburgh Fringe, Tim Minchin is back with his Songs The World Will Never Hear…
27/05/2025 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Tim Harding on Mr Swallow, Alexander Bennett and Todd Barry
26/05/2025 … Reviewer Tim Harding gives a rundown of the comedy he's been watching in London - in the last two weeks.
The three biggest cheeses in the industry reveal all...
23/05/2025 … The comedy chiefs of Britain’s three public-service broadcasters gathered at the BBC Comedy Festival in Belfast yesterday to discuss the state of the industry.
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