© Helen Maybanks 2022 Olivier Award nominees announced
09/03/2022 … The Shark Is Broken and Pride and Prejudice* (*Sort Of) are among the shows nominated for best entertainment or comedy play at this year’s…
2022 Archives
Wed 09 March 2022
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© C4 Channel 4 backs Jimmy Carr
Second series of I Literally Just Told You ordered
09/03/2022 … Channel 4 has refused to bow to pressure to ‘cancel’ Jimmy Carr –and announced a second series of his game show I Literally Just Told You.
Tue 08 March 2022
What was the money resting in Father Ted’s account meant for?
08/03/2022 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© Baby Cow The Witchfinder
08/03/2022 … Expectations are high when you have a cast of comedy nobility, led by Tim Key and Daisy May Cooper, and a script from the writers of Alan Partridge.
Count Arthur Strong: And This Is Me!
Review of the old duffer's latest tour
08/03/2022 … Count Arthur Strong is leaving behind his ‘meticulously researched’ lectures of old.
Teaser for Russian Doll season 2
Natasha Lyonne's comedy-drama returns
08/03/2022 … Netflix has released the first teaser for the second season of Russian Doll.
© BBC Walliams and Lucas bring back Rock Profile
...and Kylie Minogue appears in Ghosts, all for Comic Relief
08/03/2022 … Before Little Britain came Rock Profile – and now David Walliams and Matt Lucas are reuniting to revive the cult sketches that first made their…
© BBC/Comic Relief French and Saunders go into The Repair Shop
08/03/2022 … Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders will be popping into The Repair Shop in a new Comic Relief sketch.