Bringing a Morecambe and Wise film back to life
The painstaking way a lost episode is being recovered
25/01/2018 … BBC archivists have described the painstaking process of restoring a previously lost 50-year-old episode of Morecambe and Wise.
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Thu 25 January 2018
Tue 23 January 2018
Unusual pun-ishment
Meet the UK Pun Championship finalists
23/01/2018 … Next month, eight comedians are to compete in the fifth annual UK Pun Championships at the Leicester Comedy Festival.
What was the company in The IT Crowd?
23/01/2018 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly trivia quiz - compiled, as always by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Fri 19 January 2018
'I thought I could take a hail of arrows in the face and still look fit afterwards'
Gerard Butler (really?) shares his Unforgettable Five moments
19/01/2018 … Adam Riches is performing his latest show, Inane Chicanery, at London's Soho Theatre from Monday.
Wed 17 January 2018
'It made me fall in love with being a comedian again'
Jarlath Regan picks his Perfect Playlist of comedy favourites
17/01/2018 … Jarlath Regan kicks off a UK tour of his show Organ Freeman – about donating a kidney to his brother – at London's Leicester Square Theatre…
Tue 16 January 2018
What was the name of the butcher in League Of Gentlemen?
16/01/2018 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly trivia quiz - compiled, as always by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Mon 15 January 2018
© BBC/Ben Blackall You could win the League!
15/01/2018 … The League Of Gentlemen's anniversary specials have been released on DVD today – and we have copies to give away in our great competition.
'The best comedy always has an element of risk'
James Meehan chooses his Perfect Playlist
15/01/2018 … James Meehan, who's appeared in Funz and Gamez and was formerly part of sketch group Gein's Family Giftshop, has just released his full-length stand-up show, As…