Phil Wang to release his first book
About being 'from two worlds at once'
24/02/2021 … Phil Wang has written his first book, inspired by the question he’s asked with relentless regularity: ‘But where are you really from?’ The…
Wed 24 February 2021
Tom Allen takes care of Quiziness
24/02/2021 … Tom Allen is to host a new Channel 4 game show, Quiziness.
Tue 23 February 2021
What breed of dog is Gnasher from The Beano?
23/02/2021 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
BBC orders 20 Laugh Lessons comedy shorts
With comedians from across the UK
23/02/2021 … The BBC is to air a series of 20 sketches from up-and-coming comics from across the UK.
BBC orders an ASMR comedy
Zen School of Motoring from battle-rapper Ogmios
23/02/2021 … The BBC has commissioned a new ‘meditative’ comedy based on the ASMR trend.
Kiri Pritchard-McLean writes an Old Vic monologue
Gaslighting piece to be performed by Susan Wokoma
23/02/2021 … Kiri Pritchard-McLean has written a ‘funny, dark and ultimately empowering monologue about gaslighting’ for London’s Old Vic Theatre.
How being a bit disabled informs my comedy
23/02/2021 … I’ve been a comedian for nearly four years now but I’ve been making jokes about myself and my condition my whole life.
Regé-Jean Page's Bridgerton audition
As imagined by Toussaint Douglass
23/02/2021 … How did Regé-Jean Page land his breakthrough role in Bridgerton? This never-before-seen audition tape shows the process.