Previously unheard Monty Python footage to air
As part of mammoth 50th anniversary celebrations
26/06/2019 … Radio 4 is to air five new Monty Python specials featuring previously unreleased material from the team’s sound archives.
Wed 26 June 2019
© Myles Kalus Anak Jihem/CC BY-SA 4.0 Maisie Williams to star in new Sky comedy
Game Of Thrones star to play a misfit on the run
26/06/2019 … Game Of Thrones star Maisie Williams is to star in a new Sky comedy series about a misfit on the run from a murderous gangster.
Light Touch
A song for introverts from JazzEmu
26/06/2019 … Comic Archie Henderson has recorded a song about being mildly introverted.
Revealed: Who's going to be in the Amusical TV show
...including Frank Skinner as Annie
26/06/2019 … Frank Skinner is to don a curly wig and little red dress to perform a song from Annie in the TV version of live hit Amusical.
Tue 25 June 2019
Free hotel rooms for comedians
100 on offer from budget chain easyHotel
25/06/2019 … Budget hotel chain easyHotel is offering 100 free overnight stays to up-and-coming stand-ups.
Ed Byrne joins Alan McGee biopic
25/06/2019 … Ed Byrne has joined the cast of Creation Stories, the new biopic of indie record label boss Alan McGee.
© BBC Could Blackadder be returning?
Creator Richard Curtis has a cunning plan...
25/06/2019 … Blackadder co-creator Richard Curtis has revived speculation that his hit show could return again.
Who drives a car with this number plate?
25/06/2019 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.