5k To Couch
Teaser clip from the forthcoming mockumentary Grave New World
18/03/2021 … Many people have taken up a lot more exercise during lockdown.
2021 Archives
Thu 18 March 2021
BBC creates a new comedy commissioner
Hannah Rose to work out of Salford as Corporation shifts away from London
18/03/2021 … The BBC has created a new comedy commissioner, to be based in Salford.
© Matt Crockett It's the Melbourne comedy festival... virtually
18/03/2021 … British comedy fans might feel as if they can only watch on in envy as the Melbourne International Comedy Festival kicks off next week.
Asim Chaudhry stars in new Walkers Crisps ad
18/03/2021 … Asim Chaudhry has replaced Gary Lineker as the face of Walkers Crisps in their new advert.
© Mynavi News/CC BY-SA 3.0 Olympic chief: 'Let's dress this comedian as a pig'
Tokyo organiser quits over 'huge insult'
18/03/2021 … The creative chief of the Tokyo Olympics has been forced to quit after suggesting a female comedian be lowered into the stadium dressed as a pig.
© BBC Catherine Tate's Nan is back
...in a Comic Relief sketch with Daniel Craig as 007
18/03/2021 … Catherine Tate’s Nan is to make a TV comeback – to interrogate James Bond.
Wed 17 March 2021
Coffee shop crime
17/03/2021 … Things get tense when a gunman storms a coffee shop in this comedy short.
The Humorist
A comedian torn between art and success
17/03/2021 … That The Humorist is a Russian arthouse film, often deliberately discomforting, is certain to be enough to put a lot of potential viewers off.