The week's comedy on demand

The pick of the week's comedy on demand.

Women Like Us

Katy Brand and Katherine Parkinson are Jennifer Hudson and Lillian Bayliss, two journalists currently 'between columns' and so hosting this new podcast tackling the big issues such as 'Have you ever deliberately abandoned your child in the name of journalism?' or 'Which peripheral members of the Royal family would make good hunter-gatherers?' Listen here.

There are no dividends

Toby Williams stars in this weird and darkly comic short film about a man with a high-tech business idea.

But when he holds a recruitment day in a hotel, not all goes to plan – and not just because of a booking error over the conference room.

Marc Pickering and Rebecca Gethings also co-star in the film, newly released by Mr Box:

BBC Comedy Shorts

The BBC this week released online-only pilots from Lazy Susan - aka the comedy double act Freya Parker and Celeste Dring  – Mandy with  Diane Morgan  and Lolly Adefope's Sorry.

Muzlamic

We reviewed this new sketch show from Muslim comedians Ali Shahalom and Aatif Nawaz earlier in the week. Read our write-up here and watch here.

NextUp

The stand-up on-demand service has this week added specials from James Ross and Rob Mulholland.

Published: 27 Jul 2019