BBC pilots a comedy about pupils excluded from school
The PRU will celebrate the 'beautiful chaos' of their lives
05/08/2020 … BBC Three is piloting a new comedy series about unruly pupils who have been removed from mainstream education.
Wed 05 August 2020
© BBC/Objective Fiction Michael Squeamish's top 10 entertainment shows from the past
05/08/2020 … Matt Berry returns to BBC Two tomorrow as rogue historian Michael Squeamish, about with four more surreal mockumentaries, starting with the history of British…
© Avalon Boris's Spitting Image puppet revealed
Plus caricatures of Dominic Cummings and Prince Andrew
05/08/2020 … The new Spitting Image puppets of Prince Andrew, Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings have been revealed.
HBO Max announces release dates for Rose Matafeo and James Veitch specials
05/08/2020 … Stand-up specials from Rose Matafeo and James Veitch are to drop on HBO Max on August 20, the American streaming service has announced.
Tue 04 August 2020
© Isabelle Adam ACMS stages a virtual Fringe run
Last year's shows to be repeated on YouTube
04/08/2020 … The Alternative Comedy Memorial Society is to put 15 of last year’s Edinburgh Fringe shows online during the time this year’s festival should have taken…
Funny Women announces its 2020 semi-finalists
04/08/2020 … The semi-finalists have been announced in this year’s Funny Women Stage Award.
© UKTV/Gareth Gatrell How Red Dwarf producers feared Cat might be racist
...and other anecdotes from the making of the sitcom
04/08/2020 … The creators of Red Dwarf initially thought the preening, self-centred character of Cat might be racist, a new documentary recalls.
© BBC What was Fletch's first name in the Porridge reboot?
04/08/2020 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.