What is the name of Steve Carell's character in The Office?
24/10/2018 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly trivia quiz - compiled, as always by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
2018 Archives
Wed 24 October 2018
Trailer for Romesh Ranganathan's The Reluctant Landlord
24/10/2018 … Sky has released the first trailer for Romesh Ranganathan's new sitcom, The Reluctant Landlord.
The Kenny Everett Video Show... now on DVD
Every episode to be released for the first time in new box set
24/10/2018 … All four series of The Kenny Everett Video Show are to be released on DVD for the first time ever.
New comics the Frog's spawned
Meet the finalists in Manchester club's Beat The Frog contest
24/10/2018 … The finalists have been announced for this year’s Beat The Frog World Series, the gong-style open mic competition run by Manchester’s Frog and Bucket…
Lucy Pearman joins Mister Winner
Comic to co-star in Spencer Jones's BBC One sitcom
24/10/2018 … Lucy Pearman has joined the cast of Mister Winner, the BBC One series starring Spencer Jones as an accident-prone but well-meaning klutz.
Comedians pilot football show for Sky
Iain Stirling, Matt Forde and Joe Wilkinson test out a new format
24/10/2018 … Sky is piloting a new show in which comedians give their commentary on Premier League matches.
Shappi Khorsandi announces 2019 tour
24/10/2018 … Shappi Khorsandi has announced a 38-date tour for next spring – her second since leaving the I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here jungle.
Venue award for Kevin Bridges
Comic has sold more tickets for the SEC than anybody else
24/10/2018 … Kevin Bridges has been presented with an award from the operators of Glasgow’s SSE Hydro, after selling out 19 dates there in his current tour.