New poems and a memoir from John Cooper Clarke
First collection of verses in 37 years
21/02/2018 … John Cooper Clarke is to publish his first poetry collection in 37 years – as well as an autobiography revealing his ‘extraordinary life’.
2018 Archives
Wed 21 February 2018
Comics do car boot sales
21/02/2018 … Zoe Lyons and Helen Lederer are to empty their closets and attics for a celebrity boot sale show.
Joe Pasquale's a big rock fan
Comic studies for a geology degree
21/02/2018 … Joe Pasquale is studying for a geology degree.
Tue 20 February 2018
Which football club signed Bradley Walsh?
20/02/2018 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly trivia quiz - compiled, as always by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Playing the great outdoors
Comedians join Regent’s Park open air programme
20/02/2018 … Jimmy Carr, Simon Amstell and Deborah Frances-White’s Guilty Feminist are to play the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre this summer.
© Steve Ullathorne Sophie Willan wins Caroline Aherne bursary
Prize includes BBC mentoring to develop a script
20/02/2018 … Bolton comedian Sophie Willan has been named as the first winner of the BBC’s Caroline Aherne Bursary.
Comics announced for Fieldbounce Festival
20/02/2018 … The Fieldbounce Music Festival in Shropshire has announced the line-up for its comedy tent.