New Netflix special from Aziz Ansari
Nightclub Comedian is platform's first stand-up show of 2022
12/01/2022 … Netflix has announced a new stand-up special from Aziz Ansari.
2022 Archives
Wed 12 January 2022
Tue 11 January 2022
© Harald Krichel/CC BY-SA 3.0 Which comedian sang backing vocals for Ed Sheeran?
11/01/2022 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© BBC Dibley star Gary Waldhorn dies at 78
Actor famed as stick-in-the-mud councillor David Horton
11/01/2022 … Actor Gary Waldhorn, who starred as Councillor David Horton in TV sitcom The Vicar of Dibley, has died at 78.
BBC Radio Wales orders two shows from Leroy Brito
Stand-up special and documentary
11/01/2022 … Comic Leroy Brito has been commissioned to make two programmes for BBC Radio Wales – a stand-up special and a documentary about his life as a single father.
© David Parry/PA Wire 'I’m not joining this witch hunt'
Katie Piper backs Jo Brand over her battery acid gag
11/01/2022 … Here’s an unusual change: a celebrity refraining from joining a pile-on over a comedian’s joke.
Comics show off their cooking skills
11/01/2022 … Kerry Godliman, Suzi Ruffell, Lou Sanders, Alex Brooker and Phil Wang are all showing off their cooking skills in a new digital series for Channel 4.
I was a stand-up snob... until the Liverpool scene converted me
11/01/2022 … It’s never easy is it? The moment you fall in love with live stand-up, you want more.
Bob’s Burgers: The Movie trailer
Big-screen adventure out in May
11/01/2022 … Here’s the trailer for the forthcoming Bob’s Burgers movie.