How Britain's best TV comedies came to be
05/05/2020 … Radio 4 Extra is to launch a new series looking behind the scenes of some of Britain’s biggest television comedies.
2020 Archives
Tue 05 May 2020
Mon 04 May 2020
Trailer for The Big Flower Fight
With Vic Reeves and Natasia Demetriou.
04/05/2020 … Netflix has released the first official trailer for The Big Flower Fight, the new horticultural answer to Great British Bake Off hosted by Vic Reeves and Natasia…
Official Lenny Bruce bootleg to be released
Comic used to sell this recording after gigs
04/05/2020 … A rare recording of groundbreaking stand-up Lenny Bruce is to be released on vinyl for this year's Record Store Day.
Parrot Face tells BGT to squawk off
Veteran comic insulted by audition offer
04/05/2020 … He was a familiar face on British TV in the 1960s and 1970s – but that didn’t stop Britain’s Got Talent producers trying to lure Freddie ‘Parrot…
Oh no, Sarah Vine has my book!
Comedian Sofie Hagen's dismay as she finds herself on the Gove shelves
04/05/2020 … When she posted a photograph of her bookshelf on social media, Sarah Vine acknowledged it would be a ‘very special treat for my trolls’.
Neil Innes left £360,000
Entire estate goes to his wife
04/05/2020 … Neil Innes left his entire estate of £360,000 to his wife Yvonne, probate records show.
Isolation Song Contest: Watch all the entries
Comedians create their own entries
04/05/2020 … With this year's Eurovision Song Contest cancelled, musical comedian Tom Taylor decided to stage his own version, recruiting 14 comedy and cabaret chums…
© European People's Party/CC BY-SA 2.0 Ireland plans to reopen theatres on August 10
But will social distancing kill the vibe – and the business
04/05/2020 … Theatres in Ireland will be able to reopen on August 10 - but only if they can maintain physical distancing between customers.