© BBC/Zeppotron 'I pretend I consider the public equals...'
Romesh Ranganathan on his new BBC Two show, The Ranganation
14/05/2019 … Tell us about the show… I wanted to do a topical show not a political show.
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Tue 14 May 2019
© BBC/Zeppotron Mon 13 May 2019
'We basically character-assassinate Dara for 15 minutes'
Exclusive clip from Steve McNeil's Hey! Listen! audiobook – and win copies
13/05/2019 … Steve McNeil – the co-creator of Dara O Briain's Go Eight Bit – has just released a guide to the history of video games entitled Hey!…
© Big Talk Productions 'I will miss the whole of being in this. It’s very dear to my heart'
The stars and creators of Mum mull its last series
13/05/2019 … ‘It finishes as it should,’ says actor Peter Mullen, on how the comedy Mum is coming to a close with its third series.
Fri 10 May 2019
© UKTV/Des Willie 'It was underrated because of Russell Brand'
Sliced star David Mumeni picks his Perfect Playlist of comedy favourites
10/05/2019 … Fresh from his role as Russell in E4’s Dead Pixels David Mumeni is about to star as pizza takeaway boss Mario in the new Dave comedy Sliced.
Tue 07 May 2019
What was the first ever Taskmaster task?
Try our Tuesday Trivia Quiz - this week all themed around the Dave show
07/05/2019 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© Jacqui Double 'My stuff was didactic... but it wasn’t very funny'
The founders of Alternative Cabaret reminisce...
07/05/2019 … In 1979, Tony Allen and Alexei Sayle set up a collective of politically motivated performers called Alternative Cabaret, with ethos borrowed from…
Mon 06 May 2019
I was funny, I was innovative – and most importantly I was intimidating
Alexei Sayle on the birth of alternative comedy
06/05/2019 … Forty years after the Comedy Store opened and the alternative comedy boom started, pioneer Alexei Sayle sat down at the Alternative Comedy Now conference to discuss…
Tue 30 April 2019
How many times does Steve Martin say the F-word in this car rental scene?
30/04/2019 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.