Interviews with comedians, comedy reviews, Perfect Playlists and other comedy features, all collected in one place.
© Corrine Cumming Sikisa wishes an all-female event wasn't still necessary
03/10/2025 … This month I’m performing at the Women In Comedy Festival in Manchester, which has been running for over a decade and is still the UK’s only festival…
© Sky UK Greg Davies on series 5 of Never Mind The Buzzcocks
02/10/2025 … As Never Mind the Buzzcocks returns for a fifth series, host Greg Davies talks 90s nostalgia, Taskmaster and his beef – or otherwise – with Jamali Maddix How…
© Baby Cow Steve Coogan on the return of his enduring character
01/10/2025 … Coming home to Norwich after a year working in Saudi Arabia, Alan Partridge makes a return to television at 9.
30/09/2025 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© Big Deal Films Adjani Salmon on the return of Dreaming Whilst Black
30/09/2025 … Dreaming Whilst Black – written by and starring Adjani Salmon as a man with dreams of being a filmmaker – returns the the BBC next…
Lucy Pearman on her most memorable gigs
24/09/2025 … Lucy Pearman comes to London’s Soho Theatre on Monday with her show Lunartic, which was nominated for the The Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality.
Try our Tuesday Trivia Quiz... all about the comedies of 1999
23/09/2025 … 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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