Quiz the BBC's comedy chief
17/06/2018 … BBC comedy chief Shane Allen is to give tips on how to break into the industry at a free session this week.
2018 Archives
Sun 17 June 2018
Fin Taylor plays feminist bingo
In his latest Comedy Central short
17/06/2018 … Fin Taylor ticks of feminist cliches in the latest episode of Bullshit Bingo.
Sat 16 June 2018
© BBC There's bias among our writers, admits BBC satirist
Dead Ringers 'does more anti-Brexit jokes'
16/06/2018 … The script editor of Radio 4’s Dead Ringers has admitted there may be an inherent anti-Brexit bias in the satirical show.
A history of racist British comedians
16/06/2018 … This week's comedy on demand…Racist British ComediansAmerican journalist and humorist Harmon Leon delves into the shadier elements of British comedy's past with…
© BBC Sitcoms have 'lost their nerve' on grotesque characters
Writer's plea for more larger-than-life personalities
16/06/2018 … Sitcoms have ‘lost their nerve’ when it comes to putting larger-than-life characters on screen.
The secret formula behind most hit sitcoms
How characters fit four key archetypes
16/06/2018 … There’s a secret formula at the heart of almost every successful sitcom, aspiring comedy writers have been told.
Fri 15 June 2018
Stewart Lee to tour his 1980s material
As support for post-punk band The Nightingales
15/06/2018 … Stewart Lee is to perform his 1980s stand-up routine in support of post-punk band The Nightingales this autumn.
The secret behind THAT handshake
15/06/2018 … Tweets of the week It's rumoured that Trump plunged his own hands into a tank of angry bees prior to shaking Kim Jong Un's hand to make them appear adult-size.