SNL names a character 'Angela Barnes'
...and she's a racist who stormed the Capitol
02/02/2021 … In Britain, she’s a stalwart of the type of comedy shows that BBC detractors would depict as a hotbed of woke liberalism.
2021 Archives
Tue 02 February 2021
How to memorise anything
At Last The 1948 Show sketch with Marty Feldman and Graham Chapman
02/02/2021 … Marty Feldman offers some tips to improve your memory in this vintage clip from the At Last The 1948 Show.
© Comic Relief Comedians launch Red Nose Day 2021
Joe Lycett, Mo Gilligan, Shappi Khorsandi and Lenny Henry join Benedict Cumberbatch and Judi Dench
02/02/2021 … Joe Lycett, Mo Gilligan, Shappi Khorsandi and Sir Lenny Henry have contributed to a new video to launch this year’s Red Nose Day.
© BBC A BBC show relying only on my internet connection – it was so mad!
Romesh Ranganathan on the return of the Ranganation
02/02/2021 … Romesh Ranganathan’s topical comedy show, The Ranganation returns to BBC Two on Sunday.
Mon 01 February 2021
Cushty! Royal Mail releases Only Fools stamps
12 designs with Del Boy and Co
01/02/2021 … The Royal Mail is marking the 40th anniversary of Only Fools And Horses with a new set of stamps.
© Channel 5/NBC Saved By The Bell's Screech dies at 44
Dustin Diamond had recently been diagnosed with lung cancer
01/02/2021 … Dustin Diamond, who played Samuel ‘Screech’ Powers in 1990s US sitcom Saved by the Bell has died from cancer,.
Funny, how?
The Dolmio family do Goodfellas
01/02/2021 … It's the mash-up you never thought you wanted… Comedian and film-maker Matthew Highton has mixed one of the most notorious scenes from Goodfellas…
BBC Studios signs up two new comedy writers
Year-long contract to work on radio shows
01/02/2021 … BBC Studios has taken on two new staff writers for comedy.