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Ten heads of state who went on comedy shows
13/03/2014 … Barack Obama's deliberately awkward encounter with Zach Galifianakis on his Between Two Ferns web series has attracted more than 11 million views in 24 hours, as…
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Thu 13 March 2014
Wed 12 March 2014
'It was very polite of Graham Linehan to humour us...'
Michael Curle meets the team behind BBC4's The Walshes
12/03/2014 … It is every comic performer’s dream: a chance meeting with a comedy hero leads to a TV break and your own sitcom – that dream became reality for Irish comedy…
Fri 07 March 2014
'One of the nice things about the BBC is they don't really promote the series'
Stewart Lee talks to Jay Richardson about Comedy Vehicle
07/03/2014 … For comics, he is perceived as the ultimate – if inflated – authority on artistic integrity, ‘The Grand Poobah of Comedy’, as Al Murray has dubbed him.
Wed 05 March 2014
© BBC Born on BBC Three
The best of the channel's comedy commissions
05/03/2014 … The BBC’s youth channel has faced brickbats for its tabloid-titled documentaries and some of its less salubrious, flashy output.
Tue 04 March 2014
Inside Broadcasting House
Meet the cast of new comedy W1A
04/03/2014 … W1A, the follow up to Twenty Twelve that's set in the upper echelons of the BBC, starts on BBC Two soon.
Mon 03 March 2014
'There aren't clear signals for laughter'
Richard Ayoade talks about The Double, Chris Morris and his future plans
03/03/2014 … Though best known as Moss in Channel 4 sitcom The IT Crowd, Richard Ayoade is also establishing himself as a director with his second feature film, The Double, a…
Selfish, narcissistic arseholes - but they're hilarious.
Miranda Hennessy chooses her Perfect Playlist
03/03/2014 … The Princess BrideI’m not a witch, I’m your wifeThe Princess Bride is my favourite film of all time.
Fri 28 February 2014
Eight things that sound better with the Benny Hill music
28/02/2014 … Unleash the Yakety Sax.