You'd never get away with it today...
Six comedy icons with a seedy reputation
20/11/2017 … It seems that every day a new showbusiness career lies in tatters as the world finally catches up to the men who abuse their power to harass and grope women.
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Mon 20 November 2017
Tue 14 November 2017
What company did Reginald Perrin work for?
14/11/2017 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly trivia quiz - compiled, as always by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Mon 13 November 2017
Win a date night for two and The Big Sick on DVD
...plus copies of the film for nine runners-up
13/11/2017 … Acclaimed comedy movie The Big Sick is released on DVD next Monday – and we have ten copies to give away.
Fri 10 November 2017
'The audience wanted to kill me - I am not exaggerating'
Margaret Cho recalls her Unforgettable Five gigs
10/11/2017 … As American comedy star Margaret Cho heads to the UK and Ireland later this month for a short tour, she shares five of her most memorable gigs…First gigI was really…
Thu 09 November 2017
© UKTV Why Taskmaster was a hard sell...
Alex Horne reveals how the show made it to the screen
09/11/2017 … It is now one of the biggest hits on digital TV - but Alex Horne has revealed Taskmaster was a hard sell to broadcasters, because it broke the conventions of panel…
Wed 08 November 2017
Always mischievous, never malicious...
Elvis Dead creator Rob Kemp picks his Perfect Playlist
08/11/2017 … As his cult hit The Elvis Dead hits the Soho Theatre, comedian Rob Kemp picks his Perfect Playlist.
Tue 07 November 2017
What was the ITV quiz show Al Murray hosted?
07/11/2017 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly trivia quiz - compiled, as always by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Mon 06 November 2017
'A poetic uppercut on your being'
Jordan Brookes chooses his Perfect Playlists.
06/11/2017 … As his run in London's Soho Theatre starts this week, Jordan Brookes picks some of his comedy favourites: Buster Keaton There’s a smallness and subtlety…