New radio show and podcast for John Robins and Elis James
Talking to celebrities about their struggles
25/10/2019 … Elis James and John Robins are to host a new show, going out as a BBC podcast and Radio 5 Live broadcast.
Fri 25 October 2019
Dawn Of A New Gay
Jack Rooke on his sexual awakening
25/10/2019 … Comedian Jack Rooke tells a tale of sexual enlightenment from the pre-Brexit, London-Olympic bliss of 2012 in this short film.
© Ricardo Liberato/CC BY-SA 2.0 The mystery of what makes a joke funny
25/10/2019 … How do you like the following joke from Sumeria in about 1900BC? "Something which has never occurred since time immemorial; a young woman did not fart in her…
Filming wraps on After Life series 2
25/10/2019 … Filming has wrapped on the second series of Ricky Gervais’s Netflix comedy After Life.
What's it like to perform comedy in a hospice?
Toni Kent on an unusual daytime gig
25/10/2019 … When my friend Bel was in the final stages of cancer, her husband busted her out from hospital and took her to an end-of-life hospice – in doing so she spent…
Comics donate jokes to fundraising poster
In aid of Leicester Comedy Festival
25/10/2019 … Comedians including Romesh Ranganathan, Milton Jones and Tim Vine have donated jokes for a poster to raise money for Leicester Comedy Festival.
© Kelly Bachman/ Zoe Stuckless Harvey Weinstein confronted at comedy gig
Yet it's the 'heckler' who's asked to leave
25/10/2019 … Given the rape accusations swirling around Harvey Weinstein, you might expect him to keep a low profile.
Julian Clary to star in The Dresser
New stage production alongside Matthew Kelly
25/10/2019 … Julian Clary is to star in a new production of The Dresser, playing the title role of an ageing actor's long-suffering personal assistant.