Sixth series for Alfie Moore's It's A Fair Cop
Comedy show to return to Radio 4
11/03/2021 … Alfie Moore is to make a sixth series of his Radio 4 show It's A Fair Cop.
2021 Archives
Thu 11 March 2021
Grave New World: Comics envisage a post-lockdown world
Trailer for a new series from Stuart Laws
11/03/2021 … Stand-ups including James Acaster, Jessica Fostekew, Harriet Kemsley, and Bobby Mair are daring to consider life after lockdown in a new mockumentary about an alternative…
Eleanor Morton sets a high bar
Comic to serve pints... from a cherry-picker
11/03/2021 … Comic Eleanor Morton is to become a publican for the lockdown era.
Wed 10 March 2021
© Damian Bennett 'Keep away from my fans, you cheating scumbags'
Tim Minchin's assault on Viagogo
10/03/2021 … Tim Minchin has launched a withering attach on ticket resale sites, branding them ‘cheating scumbags’.
Shuffling the suits
New comedy execs and producers at Sky and the BBC
10/03/2021 … Sky and the BBC have both announced new appointments in their comedy commissioning and producing teams.
© ITV/Avalon Comedians join Iain Stirling's ITV2 sitcom
10/03/2021 … Comedians Jessie Cave, Paul G Raymond, Rosa Robson and Janine Harouni have joined the cast of Iain Stirling’s semi-autobiographical new sitcom, Buffering.
Tue 09 March 2021
What is the name of Tom Allen's autobiography?
09/03/2021 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
One Harry who's NOT causing trouble for the Queen
BBC drops Hill's comedy short out of respect
09/03/2021 … The BBC has shelved a short comedy film featuring Harry Hill dressed as the Queen - out of respect for the Monarch.