BBC podcast for Alison Spittle and Fern Brady
With the 'most embarrassing and bleak anecdotes'
29/07/2020 … Alison Spittle and Fern Brady are to host a new podcast for BBC Sounds.
2020 Archives
Wed 29 July 2020
Venues told: No normal reopening until November, at least
...but comedy IS included in government arts bailout
29/07/2020 … Hopes that the live comedy scene could make a relatively brisk return to normality have been dashed by Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden.
Finally! The Real McCoy comes to iPlayer
26 years on, groundbreaking comedy can be seen again
29/07/2020 … Every episode of influential sketch comedy show The Real McCoy has been released on iPlayer.
Tue 28 July 2020
© Karla Gowlett Comedy on the beach
Brighton's new venue to beat Covid
28/07/2020 … Brighton Beach is to host a raft of comedy shows this summer, with the opening of a new outdoor venue, The Warren, the hub for the annual Brighton Fringe every…
Emmy nominations for Hannah Gadsby, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and more
The Marvelous Mrs Maisel leads shortlists
28/07/2020 … John Oliver, What We Do In The Shadows, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Hannah Gadsby have all been nominated for Emmy awards.
What is the name of the supermarket in the Sky One sitcom Trollied?
28/07/2020 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© BBC 'The problem with stand-up is you get too much control...'
Lee Mack speaks ahead of his new BBC comedy, Semi-Detached
28/07/2020 … What can you tell us about Semi-Detached? It’s about a man who lives with his much younger girlfriend and he’s living opposite his ex-wife who lives…
© BBC 'We're equally proud and ashamed of one scene...'
Interview with David Crow and Oliver Maltman, writers of new BBC comedy Semi-Detched
28/07/2020 … What can you tell us about Semi-Detached? It’s about divorced couple Stuart (Lee Mack) and Kate (Samantha Spiro), who live on opposite sides of the same…