Urban Myths: When Joan Kissed Barbra
14/10/2020 … Katherine Ryan’s acerbic stand-up has been compared to Joan Rivers so often that it was surely a no-brainer to cast her as the younger version of her comedy…
2020 Archives
Wed 14 October 2020
How much of my success as a comedy writer has been down to white male privilege?
14/10/2020 … What are your chances of becoming a writer? Of being successful enough to make a living? We’re always being told it will depend on a combination of talent…
© C4 Rosie Jones makes C4 travel series
Seeking accessible breaks in the UK
14/10/2020 … Rosie Jones has recorded a new travel series for Channel 4.
© Just For Laughs Jimmy Carr joins BBC's new music game show
Comic to appear alongside Alison Hammond and Amanda Holden on on I Can See Your Voice
14/10/2020 … Jimmy Carr is to be one of the panellists on BBC One’s new primetime music game show I Can See Your Voice.
© CBS Two And A Half Men's Berta dies at 77
Tributes to 'beautiful human' Conchata Ferrell
14/10/2020 … Conchata Ferrell, who played housekeeper Berta in American sitcom Two And A Half Men has died at the age of 77.
Tue 13 October 2020
Ignacio Lopez to record a stand-up special
EspañYOLO heads for album release
13/10/2020 … Half-Spanish, half-Welsh comic Ignacio Lopez is to record a stand-up special next month.
© BBC Noughtie but nice
Comics sign up to nostalgic TV show
13/10/2020 … A raft of comedians are to take part in a new nostalgia show for BBC Two.
Who voices South Park's gay dog?
13/10/2020 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.