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Extract from a new biography of Rik Mayall
28/10/2019 … Mark Searby, the resident film critic on BBC Radios Northampton and Suffolk, has written a new biography about Rik Mayall, concentrating on his work and compiled…
22/10/2019 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
From the team behind The Play That Goes Wrong
22/10/2019 … Mischief Theatre– the company behind The Play That Goes Wrong – have returned to the West End with their new comedy Groan Ups, and we have…
© Jim Moir (Vic Reeves) Some of the art featured in an exhibition of comics' work
16/10/2019 … Earlier this week we reported how a new charity art exhibition will including the likes of Josie Long, Jack Whitehall, Lolly Adefope and Joe Lycett.
© BBC 15/10/2019 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© Hat Trick Productions / Ray Burmiston Ian Hislop on the return of Have I Got News For You
08/10/2019 … Have I Got News For You returns to BBC One at 9pm on Friday for its 58th series, with the first episode presented by Martin Clunes, and…
08/10/2019 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© Python (Monty) Pictures Limited On the day the troupe celebrate their 50th anniversary
05/10/2019 … A new archive of photos and documents has been uncovered from the making of Monty Python.
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