Izzard and Osho join new Netflix drama
Comedians cast in Harlan Coben's Stay Close
03/02/2021 … Comedians Eddie Izzard and Andi Osho have joined the cast of new Netflix drama Stay Close from mystery writer Harlan Coben.
2021 Archives
Wed 03 February 2021
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© UKTV Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable
02/02/2021 … In Unforgivable, Mel Giedroyc’s been saddled a format that she doesn’t even have much confidence in, the needlessly complex negative scoring, unnecessary…
© ITV Which comic holds the record for earning the most money on The Chase?
02/02/2021 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© BBC As You Lycett
Joe to make his Shakespearean debut
02/02/2021 … Joe Lycett is to make his Shakespearean debut – performing in Macbeth.
Celebrity skincare routines
02/02/2021 … Katia Kvinge tries out some celebrity skincare regimes - and finds they have some unexpected side-effects.
© Yuri_B/Pixabay We need more gallows humour to cope with the grim reality of Covid
Ben Heal makes a case for jokes in dubious taste
02/02/2021 … '75,000 died in the UK,' Frankie Boyle said on his TV review of 2020.
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.
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.