© BBC Rowan Atkinson joins Horrible Histories
Kids' sketch show makes a comeback
05/01/2015 … Rowan Atkinson is returning to period comedy – by making a guest appearance in Horrible Histories.
2015 Archives
Mon 05 January 2015
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Self improv-ment
John Cooper on the benefits of an under-appreciated comedy form
05/01/2015 … When I meet new friends and they ask me what I do, if we're on the same wavelength I'll reveal I'm a stand-up.
Comedy that makes you you laugh and think and feel
Sketch trio Beasts choose their comedy favourites
05/01/2015 … Owen Roberts's picks…Big Train: GymnasticsIt's a clichéd thing to say, but when Big Train first came on television it was the programme you simply had to watch…
Allo Allo star Roger Kitter dies
05/01/2015 … Tributes have been paid to Roger Kitter, who played Captain Alberto Bertorelli in Allo Allo, who has died at the age of 64.
30,000 protest C4's famine comedy
Plans branded 'beyond callous'
05/01/2015 … A petition against Channel 4’s decision to explore a comedy set against the backdrop of the Irish famine has attracted almost 30,000 signatures.
© BBC You can't make jokes about that....
Sitcoms set against the backdrop of tragedy
05/01/2015 … American Civil WarDeath toll: 600,000The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer (1998)The story revolved around a black servant named Desmond Pfeiffer who, in a convoluted…
Sun 04 January 2015
© BBC Kitson, Lee and Elis James' TV acting debut...
04/01/2015 … The comedy week aheadMonday January 5LIVE IN LONDON: Daniel Kitson's two-hander Tree begins a four-week run at the Old Vic theatre… and unusually for a Kitson…