Patrick Kielty announces 2022 tour
First show in seven years looks at borders and identity
21/10/2021 … Patrick Kielty has announced a new stand-up tour offering a personal take on borders, national identity and the future of the Union, post-Brexit.
2021 Archives
Thu 21 October 2021
© Allan Warren/Creative Commons Could Frankie Howerd have been the first Taskmaster?
Comic planned a challenge-based game show, archive reveals
21/10/2021 … Frankie Howerd could have been an early version of the Taskmaster, newly unearthed documents have revealed.
Wed 20 October 2021
© Suzy Hazelwood/Pexels Short Com announces sitcom writer prize winners
Accolade for animated satire mocking American xenophobia
20/10/2021 … Comedy writers Ian Sweeney and Alex Scott have won an award for their sitcom script for a ‘fish-out-of-water animated satire that takes aim at American…
Luke Kempner announces 2022 tour
40 dates for Spitting Image impressionist
20/10/2021 … Comedian and impressionist Luke Kempner has announced a 2022 tour.
Fleabag named the greatest comedy of the 21st Century
Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s show hailed by experts worldwide
20/10/2021 … Fleabag is the greatest comedy of the 21st Century so far, across the entire globe.
Tue 19 October 2021
Morecambe and Wise's last shows to be released on DVD
New collection of all their Thames TV shows
19/10/2021 … The last TV shows Eric Morecambe & Ernie Wise ever made are to be released on DVD.
Kieran Hodgson: How We Forgot To Save The Planet
Preview clip from his Channel 4 show
19/10/2021 … Here's a preview clip of Kieran Hodgson’s new comedy documentary, How We Forgot To Save The Planet, which airs on Channel 4 tonight.
What was the proposed name of Big Bang Theory?
19/10/2021 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.