© James Gilham What is the title of Katherine Ryan's memoirs?
18/05/2021 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
2021 Archives
Tue 18 May 2021
© James Gilham 
Girl Stuck In Basketball Hoop
Ian Smith's Radio 4 comedy documentary
18/05/2021 … Comedians have been finding all sorts of alternative lines of work as the pandemic ravages their usual livelihoods.
© C4 Friday Night Dinner was a 'great career gift'
Paul Ritter praised sitcom in interview just before his death
18/05/2021 … Tamsin Greig says she tried to talk her Friday Night Dinner co-star Paul Ritter out of taking part in the show’s ten-year celebrations before he died.
© Matt Crockett 'This made me want to be a comedian again'
Sarah Keyworth picks her comedy favourites
18/05/2021 … John Mulaney: The Comeback Kid The first time I watched John Mulaney's stand up special was in 2017.
Assembly opens a major pop-up in Coventry
City of culture venue 'won't affect Edinburgh plans'
18/05/2021 … Edinburgh Fringe operator Assembly is to open a major pop-up venue in Coventry to celebrate its role as the UK’s city of culture this year The Assembly…
© BBC Poster image for Inside No 9: Lip Service
Plus first look at stills from next week's episode
18/05/2021 … Here is the film poster image for next week's episode of Inside No 9 – as well as the first look at some stills from the programme.
Mon 17 May 2021
© BBC Inside No 9: Simon Says
17/05/2021 … If last week’s Inside No 9, mixing heist movie with commedia dell’arte, flaunted Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton’s inventive creative ambitions,…
Fame goes to Einstein's head
Adrian Gray's documentary spoof
17/05/2021 … His theory of relativity made him a superstar of science.