Comedy takes to the streets...
Inventive comedians stage a gig outside a block of flats
13/05/2020 … Two comedians have put on an impromptu stand-up show outside a block of flats – and went down a storm.
2020 Archives
Wed 13 May 2020
Central Park trailer
New comedy from Bob's Burgers creator Loren Bouchard
13/05/2020 … Apple TV+has released the trailer for its new animated comedy Central Park.
© BBC Zoom in from Fawlty Towers
BBC offers sitcom backdrops to spice up video calls
13/05/2020 … Your next Zoom call could be coming from Fletch's prison cell, the Fawlty Towers bar or Steptoe's junkyard.
'I had my dick in a pouch - pure humiliation'
Nudity on the set of Kath & Kim
13/05/2020 … Actresses having to take their kit off while their male co-stars remain fully clothed is one of the most enduring sexist tropes in the media.
Early member of The Greatest Show On Legs dies
13/05/2020 … Dave ‘Bagpipes’ Brooks – an early member of alternative comedy group The Greatest Show On Legs – has died at the age of 72.
Can you help fill the Bath?
City comedy festival launches a crowdfunder
13/05/2020 … The Bath Comedy Festival has set up a crowdfunder to help ensure its future.
Tue 12 May 2020
What was the original title of Dad's Army?
12/05/2020 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Hannah Gadsby: Douglas trailer
12/05/2020 … Netflix has released the first trailer for Hannah Gadsby's new stand-up special, Douglas.