Win a signed copy of Lenny Henry's Who Am I, Again?
Memoirs tell of his early life and rise to fame
02/10/2019 … Sir Lenny Henry's memoirs are out tomorrow – and we have six signed copies to give away.
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Wed 02 October 2019
Tue 01 October 2019
Who ACTUALLY framed Roger Rabbit?
01/10/2019 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© BBC/Merman Shame on us for making Motherland so white
BBC comedy's writers admit they 'missed a trick' in casting
01/10/2019 … When BBC Two’s comedy Motherland launched last year it was garlanded with praise for its warts-and-all portrayal of flustered parents thrust together at…
Wed 25 September 2019
'He's influenced almost every "weird" comedian of the past two decades'
Zack Zucker picks his Perfect Playlist of comedy influences
25/09/2019 … As Jack Tucker, American comedian Zack Zucker mocks the notion of brash, desperate stand-ups seeking escape from life's miseries on stage.
Tue 24 September 2019
What was Dave Allen's real surname?
24/09/2019 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Tue 17 September 2019
What was the real name of The Rumpo Kid?
17/09/2019 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Fri 13 September 2019
'I have forever changed an obscure part of Italian comedy'
Ed Aczel shares his Unforgettable 5 gigs
13/09/2019 … Ed Aczel has shot a film with fellow comedian Joz Norris in which they play a ‘low-rent Ocean’s Eleven’ trying to steel a vending machine.
Thu 12 September 2019
© Jaimie Gramston Win tickets to Billy Connolly's Sex Life Of Bandages in your local cinema
Plus DVDs and books up for grabs
12/09/2019 … Billy Connolly’s live show The Sex Life Of Bandages is to be screened in cinemas next month, a few days before an anthology of his stand-up anecdotes are published.