World of the News
25 years of Radio 4's topical comedy quiz
22/03/2009 … The News Quiz celebrates its 25th anniversary on Radio 4 on September 7.
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Interviews with comedians, comedy reviews, Perfect Playlists and other comedy features, all collected in one place.
Sun 22 March 2009
Making an exhibition of themsleves
...in The Museum Of Everything
22/03/2009 … In the new Radio 4 series The Museum Of Everything, Marcus Brigstocke, Dan Tetsell and Danny Robins examine every dusty, waxwork-populated museum they were ever…
Robin's best...
Ince introduces 28 comics to radio
22/03/2009 … Digital radio station BBC 7 launches its first original comedy commission next month Spanking New On Seven.
A Dent in the univers
22/03/2009 … Radio 4 concludes its adaptation of The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy with an eight-part series, starting on May 3, taken from Douglas Adams’s third and fouth…
On another planet...
Simon Jones on the return of Hitchhikers\' Guide
22/03/2009 … When Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy star Simon Jones left California following the funeral of his friend Douglas Adams in May 2001, it was with a heavy heart.
Adam and the rants...
Adam Bloom talks - and talks - about his new radio show
22/03/2009 … As the next series of The Problem With Adam Bloom prepares to hit Radio 4, with a longer running time and the prime 6.
Write good advice...
Expert advice on getting that sitcom off the ground
22/03/2009 … "I'm looking for people to bring us their worlds, rather than the worlds they think we want to see.
Queen Victoria
22/03/2009 … Victoria Wood is back on TV, having written new episodes of her Acorn Antiques spoof for a new programme about the history of the comedy sketch.