The history of comedy in four hours
David Mitchell's new R2 series
23/02/2013 … David Mitchell is to trace the evolution of British comedy in a four-part series for Radio 2.
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Sat 23 February 2013
Fri 22 February 2013
Radio series for Cochrane and Tuck
22/02/2013 … Radio 4 has commissioned new comedy series from Alun Cochrane and Thom Tuck.
Men thrash women in gag survey
98 per cent say blokes are better at jokes
22/02/2013 … The depth of sexism female comedians have to overcome has been revealed by a new survey.
Holy smoke! Billy tokes on the Bible
22/02/2013 … ‘Your average comedy audience – their lives are so horrible that they go crazy at weekends and they feel they haven’t had a good night out unless they’ve…
Lee Nelson creator to 'black up'
Simon Brodkin to play African preacher
22/02/2013 … Lee Nelson creator Simon Brodkin is to ‘black up’ for a character in his new series.
A Noble experiment
Ross makes a travelogue – directed by Twitter
22/02/2013 … Ross Noble is to make a travelogue series using Twitter to determine his path.
Axe Rhod Gilbert
BBC One drops comic's panel show
22/02/2013 … Ask Rhod Gilbert has been axed by the BBC.
Thu 21 February 2013
Peacock & Gamble land R4 pilot
21/02/2013 … Radio 4 have commissioned a pilot from Peacock & Gamble, based on their 2011 Edinburgh show Emergency Broadcast.