Using the self-service checkout
08/12/2023 … Victor Hampson struggles to buy his groceries at the self-service checkout, with a handful of peanuts causing particular problems… The skit was made…
2023 Archives
Fri 08 December 2023
David Jason to appear in an Only Fools and Horses Christmas special
C5 documentary looking back at classic festive epsiodes
08/12/2023 … Sir David Jason is returning to screens to share memories of Only Fools And Horses in a new Christmas special.
Scope hits out at Ricky Gervais's stand-up special
'Comedians using ableist slurs emboldens others to use it'
08/12/2023 … Disability charity Scope says it has been bombarded with abuse against disabled people after criticising Ricky Gervais for using ableist slurs in his new Netflix…
© Stewart Capper BBC Studios creates a new role of creative director for comedy
Molly Seymour appointed to the job
08/12/2023 … BBC Studios Comedy Productions has recruited Molly Seymour to the newly created role of creative director.
Thu 07 December 2023
© Karla Gowlett Rachel Parris announces her biggest tour yet
34 dates for musical comedy show Poise
07/12/2023 … Rachel Parris has announced her biggest live tour yet, with a new show entitled show Poise.
Potted Panto at Wilton's Music Hall
Review of the festive favourite back in London
07/12/2023 … Potted Panto is a serious academic study of the evolution of pantomime from its roots in the commedia dell’arte tradition to the modern day.
Plans submitted for £15m Ken Dodd Happiness Centre
...including a giant tickling stick!
07/12/2023 … A giant tickling stick could be erected in Liverpool if plans for a new museum dedicated to the legendary comic are approved.
Sundance premiere for Mo Gilligan film
Comic stars as an animated cat in 10 Lives
07/12/2023 … An animated film starring Mo Gilligan is to get its US premiere at the Sundance Film Festival next month.