© UKTV Taskmaster UK heads to America
The CW network snaps up the rights
17/06/2020 … Taskmaster is to air in the US.
Wed 17 June 2020
© UKTV 
Netflix pulls more comedies over blackface
It's Always Sunny...and Bob and David dropped
17/06/2020 … Netflix has removed more comedy shows because of blackface.
© Jason Manford/Facebook 'Just call him Jason Van-ford'
17/06/2020 … Jason Manford has landed some work at Iceland after being turned down by Tesco.
Why puns are a real turn-off
...at least if you're a politician on Twitter
17/06/2020 … Politicians who want to show off their sense of humour should avoid puns, researchers have found.
Beano crowns Britain's funniest family
17/06/2020 … The Miller family from Ipswich has been named Britain’s Funniest Family by the Beano.
30 Rock cast to reunite
...but it won't quite be a normal episode
17/06/2020 … 30 Rock is to return, seven years after it went off the air.
Tue 16 June 2020
What was the family in the ITV sitcom Bless This House?
16/06/2020 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Fawlty's back! But with a minor disclaimer
16/06/2020 … The controversial episode of Fawlty Towers has been restored to on-demand TV, with its strong racist language intact.