It's a strange, uncertain year for comedy
....and it should be embraced, says Ian Lane
02/10/2023 … Not since the 1990s has there felt like such an uncertainty in the direction that the medium is going in.
2023 Archives
Mon 02 October 2023
New comedy from Rory McGrath and Philip Pope
02/10/2023 … Rory McGrath and Philip Pope star in a new parody of TV cookery shows, released as a limited edition CD.
© ITV Long lost Monty Python precursor unearthed
Complete And Utter History Of Britain is finally actually complete
02/10/2023 … ITV has recovered long-lost episodes of a landmark missing comedy series that was a precursor to Monty Python's Flying Circus.
A Bad Day At Work: First World Pet Problems
From BBC Scotland's Short Stuff
02/10/2023 … It shouldn't happen to a vet.
© BBC/Colin Hutton BBC axes Upstart Crow
Thou know'st 'tis common; all that lives must die
02/10/2023 … It’s been almost three years since the last episode, and now David Mitchell has confirmed the BBC has dropped Upstart Crow.
Have you got a great Christmas Cracker joke?
Gold launches its annual competition
02/10/2023 … Comedy channel Gold has announced the return of its annual Christmas cracker joke competition, which challenges the public to write their best festive gags inspired…
© Channel 4 Green Wing 'to return as a podcast'
Creator Victoria Pile set to revive cult hosptal comedy
02/10/2023 … Cult Channel 4 hospital comedy Green Wing is set to be revived as a podcast, creator Victoria Pile has said.
Sun 01 October 2023
© BBC/Monumental Pictures/Guido Mandozzi It’s best to go out while people are still saying, 'It's great', rather than, 'It's not as good as it used to be'
Interviews with the ghosts of Ghosts
01/10/2023 … The fifth and final series of hit BBC One sitcom Ghosts starts this week.