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© BBC/Avalon Lee Mack on why he loves the 'unfashionable' genre as Not Going Out celebrates 100 episodes
12/12/2023 … Lee Mack has launched a passionate defence of the traditional studio sitcom as his show Not Going Out celebrates its 100th episode.
© BBC Gary and Martin Kemp on making another mockumentary with Rhys Thomas
12/12/2023 … The Spandau Ballet brothers are back, three years after the Kemps mockumentary All True became a cult hit and showed 1980s heartthrobs Martin and Gary were more…
I didn't get where I was today without doing the Tuesday Trivia Quiz...
05/12/2023 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© BBC/Tiger Aspect Jack Whitehall returns for an all-singing, all-dancing Christmas special
03/12/2023 … Bad Education is returning for a ‘all-signing all-dancing’ Christmas special – making the most of current Strictly star Layton Williams’…
03/12/2023 … Tony Allen – the godfather of alternative comedy – died at the age of 78 on Friday.
28/11/2023 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© Matt Crockett 27/11/2023 … Here's our second exclusive extract from the Have I Got News For You Quiz Of 2023 book.
© Wycombe Abbey archive and Matt Crocket Now a plaque is to be unveiled to MI5's Hester Leggatt
24/11/2023 … An unsung heroine of the Second World War is finally getting a public acknowledgement of her secret work – thanks to the fans of the West End musical comedy…
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