'It's really disorienting!'
Lena Dunham on blurring fact and fiction in her new romcom
25/06/2025 … Lena Dunham has found great success by mining her own experiences for comedy – but not everyone is happy about it.
Latest Features
Interviews with comedians, comedy reviews, Perfect Playlists and other comedy features, all collected in one place.
Wed 25 June 2025
Tue 24 June 2025
© BBC In Extras, which celebrity does Andy Millman play tennis with?
Anyone for tennis.... related quiz questions about comedy?
24/06/2025 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Mon 23 June 2025
'Some of the sharpest, scariest and funniest character comedy I’ve seen'
23/06/2025 … Reviewer Tim Harding gives a rundown of the comedy he's been watching in London - in the last two weeks.
Tue 17 June 2025
© Jelly Legs 2008 The Royle Family theme Half The World Away was the B-side to which Oasis single?
17/06/2025 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Tue 10 June 2025
© C4/Merman/2LE So many writers think ‘disabled’ is a personality
Rosie Jones criticises tokenism as she launches her sitcom Pushers
10/06/2025 … Rosie Jones has criticised the token representation of disabled people on screen.
© 20th Century Studios Which comedian played a doctor in Avatar: The Way Of Water?
10/06/2025 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Thu 05 June 2025
© ITV Cymru Wales We Welsh are a very melodramatic people!
Ruth Jones and Steve Speirs on their long friendship
05/06/2025 … Welsh comedy actors Ruth Jones and Steve Speirs are spending a nostalgic weekend in Merthyr Tydfil for a new BBC One programme airing next week.
Tue 03 June 2025
© BBC What was Victor Meldrew's phone number?
03/06/2025 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.