What's more fun than a Dorset bus company’s amdram Alien?
Tom Bell chooses his comedy favourites
02/11/2014 … What are my favourite comedy influences? How about this current government? Ha ha.
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.
Sun 02 November 2014
Mon 27 October 2014
'The master of observation and delivery'
Hatty Ashdown chooses her Perfect Playlist
27/10/2014 … Mrs Merton: Debbie McGee This one probably doesn’t surprise anyone who’s aware of my ‘nan child’ past, she's a genius chat show host and completely timeless,…
Wed 15 October 2014
'I find arrogant arseholes really funny'
Fergus Craig chooses his comedy favourites
15/10/2014 … I’d first like to make it clear that Chris Morris, Reeves and Mortimer and Alan Partridge are OBVIOUSLY my comedy favourites but they’re everyone else’s as…
Tue 07 October 2014
I’ve got as good a sense of humour as the next Prime Minister....
Margaret Thatcher Queen Of Soho chooses her comedy favourites
07/10/2014 … Are You Being Served, Sir?I do love classic British comedy, Dad’s Army, Hi-De-Hi, Boys from the Black Stuff, but my favourite has to be Are You Being Served?…
Tue 30 September 2014
Dudley Moore is my hero
Kev Orkian chooses his Perfect Playlist of comedy favourites
30/09/2014 … National Lampoon's European VacationThe comedy was always really innocent, yet had a wonderful edge to it.
Mon 15 September 2014
The one comic who never bombs...
Al Lubel chooses his comedy favourites
15/09/2014 … Woody AllenI first listened to this routine when, in the late 1980s, I bought a CD of Woody Allen’s stand-up act from the 1960s.
Tue 26 August 2014
I want to be Dick Van Dyke when I grow up
Mat Ricardo chooses his comedy favourties
26/08/2014 … David LettermanHe used to, sometimes, introduce himself as 'Your TV pal, Dave', which is exactly what he became.
Tue 19 August 2014
© Steve Ullathorne Wild characters with twisted scenes that ring with pathos
The Noise Next Door choose their comedy favourites
19/08/2014 … Whose Line Is It Anyway? It's eye-rollingly obvious but Whose Line… was the first place we saw improv, it's what inspired us to give it a go, and it was the template…