Contemplating Comedy by Jonathan Levitt
27/01/2021 … I’m not sure what’s the worst aspect of Contemplating Comedy: the fact that author Jonathan Levitt has simply lifted hundreds of jokes written by other…
2021 Archives
Wed 27 January 2021
© ITV Lee Mack's not going up
Comic reveals his fear of flying
27/01/2021 … Lee Mack has revealed that he is so scared of of flying he won’t get on a plane with his family - and instead takes a car or train to their holiday destinations…
Isy Suttie writes her first novel
Jane Is Trying out this summer
27/01/2021 … Isy Suttie is to release her first novel in July.
Vic Reeves launches a podcast
Travel-based show with Jools Holland
27/01/2021 … Vic Reeves has made a new podcast series with Jools Holland.
If British sitcoms were set during the pandemic
From teenage impressionist Lucia Keskin
27/01/2021 … Impressionist Lucia Keskin has imagined how British sitcoms might look if they were set during the pandemic.
© BBC Studios Stars announced for Inside No 9 series six
Filming ends on six new episodes
27/01/2021 … The guest cast has been announced for the next series of Inside No 9.
Tue 26 January 2021
© C4 Dead Pixels series 2
26/01/2021 … Setting a sitcom in the world of gaming is not the most obvious move: your target audience might find it hard to put down the controller long enough to watch, while…
Which beer did Griff Rhys Jones once advertise?
26/01/2021 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.