TV chiefs order 41 per cent less comedy
...and genre could be harder hit amid changes to BBC Three
27/03/2024 … TV commissioners are turning away from comedy – with a dizzying 41 per cent drop in the number of new shows ordered last year.
2024 Archives
Wed 27 March 2024
Julia Masli heads to New York
Off-Broadway run for her hit show ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
27/03/2024 … Julia Masli’s Edinburgh hit ha ha ha ha ha ha ha is heading to New York.
Tue 26 March 2024
Ed Gamble's hot dog is too much for the London Tube
Sausage is now a cucumber to escape poster ban
26/03/2024 … Ed Gamble has been told he can’t show his sausage on the London Underground.
New podcast for Rachel Parris and Marcus Brigstocke
Reviewing their everyday lives
26/03/2024 … Rachel Parris and Marcus Brigstocke are launching a new podcast in which the married comics review pretty much anything that's happened to them.
Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2024 kicks off
With almost 8,000 performances
26/03/2024 … The Melbourne International Comedy Festival has officially launched with more than 800 performers taking part in 7,800-plus individual performances of …
Mo Gilligan on The Tonight Show
26/03/2024 … Mo Gilligan appeared on The Tonight Show in the States last night, speaking to host Jimmy Fallon about how he got his teeth straightened, how Drake helped elevate…
Do you know your Schitt?
Try our Tuesday Trivia Quiz... all about a certain Canadian comedy
26/03/2024 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Jerry Sadowitz plans to revive The People Vs.
Comic's version of a talk show to be filmed and put online
26/03/2024 … The People Vs.