Chortle Student Comedy Award 2019
Where are the heats being held?
04/02/2019 … Entries have now closed for this year’s Chortle Student Comedy Award - but you can still come out and support the next generation of cmics at our nationwide…
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Mon 04 February 2019
Fri 01 February 2019
© BBC Jeremy Hardy: Thank you for the music
01/02/2019 … Jeremy Hardy was a man of many talents.
'Why don't people just accept that life is sad and cheer up? After all, it's not going to last for ever.'
Twelve memorable lines from Jeremy Hardy
01/02/2019 … As a regular on topical panel shows, Jeremy Hardy was a prolific writer.
Jeremy Hardy: Just some of his work
Some clips to remember the comic who died today at 57
01/02/2019 … After Jeremy Hardy dies at 57, here is a reminder of him at work: An early appearance on The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross in 1987: From Jack &…
Wed 30 January 2019
'I never bomb...but the audience sometimes do'
Adam Riches on his Unforgettable Five gigs
30/01/2019 … Interactive character comedian Adam Riches is about to perform two London runs and a UK tour of three different shows.
Tue 29 January 2019
Remembering Linda Smith
A dozen of her best jokes on what would have been her birthday
29/01/2019 … Linda Smith would have been 61 years old today, had she not died as a consequence of ovarian cancer at the age of 48.
© BBC What was the name of Frank Spencer’s mother-in-law?
29/01/2019 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly trivia quiz, now in multiple choice format and- compiled, as always by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Mon 28 January 2019
© BBC 'I’m not a national treasure. I’m a national disgrace': Jo Brand in her own words
Comedian's wit and wisdom from the Imagine documentary
28/01/2019 … Jo Brand is the subject of Alan Yentob’s arts documentary strand Imagine on BBC One tonight.