Mo Gilligan: Black, British and Funny
16/10/2020 … There have, understandably, been a few TV retrospectives of late hailing Britain’s black comedy heroes.
2020 Archives
Fri 16 October 2020
© BBC An award to light up her life
How Victoria Wood couldn't keep track of all her accolades
16/10/2020 … Victoria Wood won a lot of accolades in her esteemed career: from Bafta, the British Comedy Awards, the Royal Television Society – even Chortle.
When Sean Hughes won the Perrier
Rare footage unearthed on the third anniversary of his death
16/10/2020 … Rare footage of Sean Hughes performing in Edinburgh on the year he won the Perrier has been unearthed on the third anniversary of his death.
Who's on the Big Zuu’s Big Eats Christmas special?
Comics reunite with the grime star
16/10/2020 … The guests have been announced for the two Christmas specials of Big Zuu’s Big Eats.
Thu 15 October 2020
Taskmaster series 10
15/10/2020 … Channel 4’s task in poaching Dave’s best programme was simple: don’t screw it up.
© C4 'I spent the majority of my adult life pretending to have authority'
Interviews with the stars of Taskmaster
15/10/2020 … Taskmaster returns tonight and in a new home, Channel 4, after nine series with Dave.
© Angst Productions Who's in the next episodes of Mock The Week?
First line-ups for series 19 revealed
15/10/2020 … The line-ups have been announced for the first episodes in the new series of Mock The Week.
Laughing in the face of 2020
New Amazon comedy special with Phoebe Robinson and Rachel Brosnahan
15/10/2020 … A number of female comedians are to look back over 2020 in a new Amazon Prime comedy special.