'Comforting but grotesque'
Creepy Boys pick their comedy favourites
12/02/2026 … Queer Canadian performance comedy duo Creepy Boys – aka Sam Kruger and S.
Perfect Playlist
Here comedians choose half-a-dozen or so of their favourite comedy moments, illustrated with clips. Whether it's just the things that make them laugh or important influences on their careers, these selections reveal what makes their comedy brains tick.
Thu 12 February 2026
Mon 09 February 2026
'It's a huge testament to how inventive artists can be when studios and producers aren’t involved'
Shenoah Allen picks his comedy favourites
09/02/2026 … Shenoah Allen brings his stand-up storytelling show show Bloodlust Summertime to the Soho Theatre next week, featuring acid-fuelled tales of drugs, gun violence…
Mon 24 November 2025
'Everything they do is a masterclass'
Mr Thing share their comedy favourites
24/11/2025 … Tom Clarkson and Owen Visser, collectively known as Mr Thing, are bringing their anarchic spoof talk show to the at Seven Dials Playhouse in London from December…
Thu 13 November 2025
'Pound-for-pound the funniest person in the world'
Humphrey Ker picks his comedy favourites
13/11/2025 … Humphrey Ker and his longtime Penny Dreadfuls collaborator David Reed star in Sherlock Holmes And The 12 Days of Christmas at the Birmingham Rep from tomorrow.
Wed 17 September 2025
The Simpsons is a perfect satire
Joe Wells picks his comedy favourites
17/09/2025 … Joe Wells is about to go on tour with his latest stand-up show, Daddy Autism, which explores fatherhood through the lense of neurodiversity.
Sat 23 August 2025
Ali Wong said all the things I wished I had the nuance to say
Alice-India picks her comedy favourites
23/08/2025 … Alice-India is making her Edinburgh Fringe debut about good and evil, having felt often misunderstood and even arrested 10 days before receiving an autism and ADHD…
Thu 21 August 2025
'So simple, so strange'
Ellen Turnill Montoya shares her Perfect Playlist of comedy favourites
21/08/2025 … Ellen Turnill Montoya - who is performing her absurd comedy character Mr Handsome at the Edinburgh Fringe – picks her favourite comedy moments.
Wed 20 August 2025
Simon Amstell was a huge inspiration (when I became shift supervisor at Tie Rack)
Paul Campbell picks his comedy favourites
20/08/2025 … Paul Campbell is at the Edinburgh Fringe with his debut show, The Lost Tapes of Somerfield, all about the defunct supermarket chain.