Where did Steptoe and Son live?
26/08/2020 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
2020 Archives
Wed 26 August 2020
© BBC Greg Davies to play a crime-scene cleaner
BBC One orders new sitcom based on German comedy
26/08/2020 … Greg Davies is to star in a BBC One series about a crime scene cleaner.
Rose Matafeo: 'She would fill whatever stage you put her on'
A look back at the Edinburgh Fringe of 2018
26/08/2020 … Almost up to date now, as our travels through Edinburgh Fringes past reaches 2018, when the main comedy award went to a woman of colour for the first time, Rose…
Comics up for Edinburgh TV Awards 2020
Aisling Bea and Mae Martin shortlisted as breakthrough talent
26/08/2020 … Comics Aisling Bea and Mae Martin have been nominated for the breakthrough award at the Edinburgh TV festival.
30 Days Hath September
Joz Norris grabbles with creative self-esteem
26/08/2020 … Comedian Joz Norris has written a jaunty rhyme about some of the months of the year - but the nagging voice inside his head isn’t happy with it.
Tue 25 August 2020
© UKTV The Lenny Henry Show
25/08/2020 … Considering the writers and cast of The Lenny Henry Show features a lot of up-and-comers, the style of this new Radio 4 series is remarkably old-school, dated, even.
Tributes paid as former stand-up Gina Ryan dies
'Brutally funny, very clever, and a great writer'
25/08/2020 … Comedians have being paying tribute to former stand-up Gina Ryan, who has died at the age of 54.
C4 vows to find a new black sitcom
...as Mo Gilligan hosts a Big Breakfast revival
25/08/2020 … Channel 4 is on the lookout for a black sitcom in a bid to make its schedules more diverse.