What was the name of Frankie Howerd’s character in Up Pompeii?
25/09/2018 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly trivia quiz - compiled, as always by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
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Tue 25 September 2018
'Channel 4 are my enablers'
Interview with The Bisexual's Desiree Akhavan
25/09/2018 … Next month Channel 4 airs the new comedy-drama from Desiree Akhavan, described as a ‘ raw, funny and unapologetic take on the last taboo’ - bisexuality; Akhavan…
Mon 24 September 2018
© Nobby Clark First images of Adrian Edmondson and Nigel Planer in Vulcan 7
New stage comedy, set on a fantasy film
24/09/2018 … Here are the first images of Young Ones stars Adrian Edmondson and Nigel Planer appearing togetherin a new stage comedy In Vulcan 7, the pair play actors, who…
Thu 20 September 2018
'My penis is the least upsetting thing I can think of'
As he prepares to make his London debut, Bob Saget recalls his most memorable gigs
20/09/2018 … American comic Bob Saget, star of Netflix sitcom Fuller House as well as a long-established stand-up, makes his London debut at the Leicester Square Theatre tomorrow…
Wed 19 September 2018
'It's hard to make a word processor laugh'
19/09/2018 … As a teenager Norden became taken with the idea of becoming a foreign correspondent, so wrote to the Daily Express journalist Sefton Delmer asked if he could accompany…
Denis Norden: A life in comedy
Some classic clips of his work
19/09/2018 … Just some of the highlights from Denis Norden's long broadcasting career: The Glums The breakout hit from the pair's radio series Take It From…
Obituary: Denis Norden
From The Glums to It'll Be Alright On The Night
19/09/2018 … He will be remembered as than the avuncular presenter of gaffes on It’ll Be Alright On The Night, but that image does a disservice to Denis Norden’s…
Tue 18 September 2018
What's The Krankies' catchphrase?
18/09/2018 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly trivia quiz - compiled, as always by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.