What was the name of Victor Meldrew's wife?
31/03/2020 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
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Tue 31 March 2020
Thu 26 March 2020
I wanted to be Will Smith growing up...
Man Like Mobeen’s Tolu Ogunmefun shares his comedy favourites
26/03/2020 … As Guz Khan’s sitcom Man Like Mobeen starts its third series on BBC One next week, Tolu Ogunmefun, who plays Nate, shares his Perfect Playlist… Jim…
Tue 24 March 2020
Which computer game system did Morecambe and Wise once advertise?
24/03/2020 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Inside No 9: Every episode ranked
We put all 31 stories in order of brilliance. You'll probably disagree..
24/03/2020 … Given the recent conclusion of series five of Inside No 9, it's time to update this list of all the episodes of Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton’s…
'My insecurities are woven into this character'
O-T Fagbenle on his new E4 comedy, Maxxx
24/03/2020 … E4's new sitcom Maxx revolves around a boyband star turned drug-shamed tabloid laughing stock trying to make a comeback.
Mon 23 March 2020
Happy birthday Barry Cryer!
Here are just a few of his jokes...
23/03/2020 … It's Barry Cryer's 85th birthday today – and to celebrate this national treasure here is very small selection of his one-liners: And…
Fri 20 March 2020
© BBC 'When physical comedy makes you laugh, it’s funnier than anything verbal'
Mister Winner writer Matt Morgan on his new BBC sitcom
20/03/2020 … Why did you want to write this show? I wanted to do a family show that centred on physical comedy.
'I had to walk around the Baftas with my trousers undone'
Spencer Jones on Mister Winner, and his own slapstick life
20/03/2020 … Spencer Jones returns to TV next week as the hapless Leslie Winner in the sitcom Mister Winner, following a successful pilot in 2017.