BBC Comedy Collective returns
Bursary scheme for 'mid-level' comedy creatives
08/01/2025 … Applications will open on Monday for ‘mid-level comedy creatives’ to join the third cohort of the BBC Comedy Collective.
2025 Archives
Wed 08 January 2025
Alan Cumming and Natalie Cassidy join Boarders
BBC's private school comedy returns next month
08/01/2025 … Alan Cumming and Natalie Cassidy have joined the cast of BBC comedy Boarders.
© BBC/Monumental Could Ghosts become a movie?
Comedy is the subject of tabloid speculation
08/01/2025 … Is Ghosts about to become a movie? The Daily Star today reports that a big-screen version of the hit BBC comedy is in the works, with filming set to start…
Alice Fraser celebrates the romantic novel
08/01/2025 … Australian comic Alice Fraser has announced a short UK tour to promote her new book.
Johnny Ball to reveal all about his comedy career
Broadcaster was a club comic before breaking into TV
08/01/2025 … Johnny Ball is to write a book about his career in comedy before he became known as a children’s science presenter.
Tue 07 January 2025
Who's in the running to be a 2025 Chortle Hotshot?
Gigs to showcase Edinburgh Fringe newcomers
07/01/2025 … The comedians in the running to be one of Chortle’s first Hotshots have been revealed.
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night trailer
New documentary series about an American institution
07/01/2025 … Here's a trailer for a new documentary series about Saturday Night Live.
What was Alf Garnett's job?
07/01/2025 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.