What was Buster Keaton’s nickname?
03/09/2024 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
2024 Archives
Tue 03 September 2024
© Matt Crockett Phil Wang: Wang In There, Baby! on Netflix
Review of his stand-up special
03/09/2024 … ‘The main difference between white people and Chinese people…’ says Phil Wang straight out of the gate, not pausing even to say ‘hello’…
The Iceman cometh back
Legendary 1980s comedian to perform again for new documentary
03/09/2024 … The Iceman – a legendary figure from the early days of alternative comedy – is to recreate his notoriously bizarre act once more.
New podcast for Joanne McNally
Investigating the scandal of... Furbys!
03/09/2024 … Joanne McNally has turned investigative journalist for a new BBC podcast looking in to the scandal of.
© Alex Lake Romesh Ranganathan announces international tour dates
Hustle hits US and Europe next year
03/09/2024 … Romesh Ranganathan is taking is stand-up show Hustle on an international tour.
Darren Harriott becomes a radio presenter
Comic to host a weekly slot on
03/09/2024 … Darren Harriott is to present his own radio show on BBC West Midlands.
Mon 02 September 2024
Pierre Novellie: Why Can't I Just Enjoy Things? book review
A comedian's guide to autism, reviewed by Fiona Barry
02/09/2024 … I stay away from books about medicine and neuroscience.
© BBC/Whisper TV/Mike Reilly Death? It's no big thing
Billy Connolly's frank words in new BBC documentary
02/09/2024 … He may have been diagnosed with cancer and Parkinson’s disease on the same day – but Billy Connolly says he never feels sorry for himself over his heath…