What makes you funny?
Being tall and Northern, according to this new research...
18/05/2020 … You’re more likely to be considered ‘naturally funny’ if you are from the North of England, are taller than average, are the youngest child in…
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© Sundog Pictures Inside the mind of Tony Slattery
The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio
17/05/2020 … The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio Wednesday May 20 WONDERDATE: Tim Key’s comedy short gets another outing, in which a man retraces his…
© BBC Steve Coogan's Persuaders remake is back on again
Partridge creator set to take the Roger Moore role
17/05/2020 … Steve Coogan’s long-standing plans to star in a remake of 1970s action comedy series The Persuaders! have juddered into life once more.
© Joe Mabel/CC BY-SA 3.0 GLOW director Lynn Shelton dies at 54
Partner Marc Maron shares his grief
17/05/2020 … American director Lynn Shelton has died at the age of 54, her partner Marc Maron has announced.
Sat 16 May 2020
© Angela George 'No one will ever come close to replacing your genius'
Tributes as comedy veteran Fred Willard dies at 86
16/05/2020 … Fred Willard, whose 50-year career as a comedy actor included Anchorman and Best In Show, has died at the age of 86.
Spain heads some international comedy
16/05/2020 … Here's our pick of the best new comedy on demand.
Myra Dubois hits Britain's Got Talent
16/05/2020 … Character comedian Myra Dubois is to appear on Britain’s Got Talent tonight.
New episode for Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet
Apple TV+ announces a lockdown special
16/05/2020 … Apple TV is to make a lockdown edition of its workplace comedy series, Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet.