What is Alan Partridge's middle name?
14/06/2022 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
2022 Archives
Tue 14 June 2022
© George Grimes Margaret Thatcher writes teenage fiction
...or at least the comedian who played her on Spitting Image does
14/06/2022 … For 12 years, he voiced Margaret Thatcher in Spitting Image – now Steve Nallon is publishing his first novel.
Goodbye Baz: how stars celebrated the life of Barry Cryer
Gags and anecdotes galore at West End tribute
14/06/2022 … Friends, fans and family of Barry Cryer gathered in London’s West End last night to remember the great gagsmith at a star-studded memorial gig.
© Netflix 'People think perfectionism is admirable... I find it quite corrosive'
We speak to Rowan Atkinson about his new Netflix series Man Vs Bee
14/06/2022 … ‘He’s a very odd, very tiny, self-regarding, narcissistic, self-centred anarchist,’ Rowan Atkinson says contemptuously.
Adam Kay to judge storyteller award
For best self-published fiction on Kindle
14/06/2022 … Doctor turned comedian turned author Adam Kay has joined the judging panel for this year’s Kindle Storyteller Award.
Seinfeld actor Philip Baker Hall dies at 90
Other roles include Modern Family, Curb Your Enthusiasm and Bojack Horseman
14/06/2022 … American character actor Philip Baker Hall, whose roles include Seinfeld, Modern Family and Curb Your Enthusiasm has died at the age of 90.
Mon 13 June 2022
Why, 60 years on, Spike Milligan's Bed Sitting Room is as relevant as ever
'Stark, ribald and surreal' satire gets a fresh outing
13/06/2022 … Spike Milligan’s post-apocalyptic dark comedy The Bed Sitting Room has not been performed on stage for almost 40 years.
© Avalon Starstruck gets a third series
Rose Matafeo's comedy to return... with the comedian as director
13/06/2022 … Rose Matafeo’s romcom Starstruck is to return for a third series.