'I don’t need to explain Sam Campbell's idiosyncratic brilliance'
Lulu Popplewell picks her comedy favourites
22/07/2025 … Lulu Popplewell is heading back to the Edinburgh Fringe with an 'hour of jokes about love, obsession and raccoons'.
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.
Tue 22 July 2025
Mon 21 July 2025
Limmy might be an actual genius....
Rosco McClelland picks his comedy favourites
21/07/2025 … Scottish comic Rosco McClelland is back at the Edinburgh Fringe with How Could Hell Be Any Worse? Here he picks some of his favourite comedy moments.
Sun 20 July 2025
'This may have been the hardest I’ve ever laughed'
Alec Jones-Trujillo - aka Old God - picks his comedy favourites
20/07/2025 … Alec Jones-Trujillo will be heading to the Edinburgh Fringe next week in the guise of Old God, ‘a foppish, irreverent oracle’ and ‘a being so old…
Mon 12 May 2025
'The single funniest thing that’s ever happened'
Mitch Benn celebrates Rik Mayall as he picks his Perfect Playlist
12/05/2025 … Mitch Benn is one of the comedians taking part in the Rik Mayall Comedy Festival in Droitwich, where the Young Ones comedy legend grew up, from May 31.
Tue 01 April 2025
Why Maria Bamford is your favourite comedian’s favourite comedian
Derek Mitchell shares his comedy favourties
01/04/2025 … Derek Mitchell is currently on tour with his stand-up and character show Double Dutch, an exploration of cultural clashes between his Dutchness,…
Wed 19 February 2025
'A must-watch for anyone interested in comedy, politics and speaking truth to power'
Jena Friedman shares her Perfect Playlist
19/02/2025 … Jena Friedman is heading to the Soho Theatre next week for a work in progress of her new show Motherf*cker.
Tue 29 October 2024
People say comedians are 'fearless'. Normally that's a load of shit...
Edy Hurst picks his Perfect Playlist of comedy favourites.
29/10/2024 … Edy Hurst is performing his Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Himself at The Lowry in Salford this Halloween before a short UK tour.
Mon 07 October 2024
'Losing Gina Yashere to America was one of Britain’s greatest comedic shames'
Andrew White picks his Perfect Playlist
07/10/2024 … Andrew White embarks on his debut tour – Young, Gay & A Third Thing – later this month, having previously supported Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Helen…