Interviews with comedians, comedy reviews, Perfect Playlists and other comedy features, all collected in one place.
Tim Minchin refuses to be pigeonholed
02/06/2025 … Twenty years after he burst on to the UK comedy scene by winning best newcomer at the Edinburgh Fringe, Tim Minchin is back with his Songs The World Will Never Hear…
27/05/2025 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Tim Harding on Mr Swallow, Alexander Bennett and Todd Barry
26/05/2025 … Reviewer Tim Harding gives a rundown of the comedy he's been watching in London - in the last two weeks.
The three biggest cheeses in the industry reveal all...
23/05/2025 … The comedy chiefs of Britain’s three public-service broadcasters gathered at the BBC Comedy Festival in Belfast yesterday to discuss the state of the industry.
© BBC Comic talks Alan Partridge – and how he'd like to bring back Saxondale
22/05/2025 … Steve Coogan has credited his lower-middle class upbringing as helping him get ahead in comedy.
© BBC Jon Petrie's keynote speech to the BBC Comedy Festival in full
21/05/2025 … Spending more money on comedy shows doesn’t make them funnier, the BBC’s comedy chief has said.
© BBC/Wall To Wall Comedian's mixed findings on Who Do You Think You Are?
20/05/2025 … Aisling Bea discovered that her great-grandfather was an active fighter for Irish independence when she took part in her episode of Who Do You Think You Are?, which…
Writer Paul Doolan on his new BBC comedy-crime series Death Valley
20/05/2025 … Hot on the heels of Ludwig, the BBC's new comedy-detective series Death Valley starts on Sunday.
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