What was Alf Garnett's job?
07/01/2025 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Tue 07 January 2025
Mary O'Connell on Comedy Central Live
Comic is a a 'bisexual olive princess'
07/01/2025 … Mary O'Connell talks about taking apps and being a 'bisexual olive princess' in this new clip from Comedy Central Live.
Trans comedian vs. sports and toilets
Clip from Sam Nicoresti's Wokeflake
07/01/2025 … Sam Nicoresti conspiracy theory on the debate raging around trans women in sports.
Live Nation sets up a UK comedy agency
New venture for global entertainment behemoth
07/01/2025 … Global entertainment giant Live Nation has set up a UK comedy agency.
Mon 06 January 2025
Chris McCausland to write his autobiography
Strictly winners' memoirs to be rush-released this autumn
06/01/2025 … Chris McCausland is publishing a memoir this autumn to take advantage of his Strictly Come Dancing success.
'The comedy industry is absolute shit'
Jenny Eclair on jealousy, women being marginalised in stand-up and her warts-and-all memoir
06/01/2025 … Jenny Eclair made history when she became the first woman to win the Perrier Award in 1995.
'A man was masturbating while I was on stage'
Amy Gledhill on the dangers female comedians still face
06/01/2025 … Female comedians still feel unsafe performing at night, Amy Gledhill has said, after revealing that a man was thrown out of one of her gigs for masturbating.
Baby Reindeer and Jessica Gunning scoop Golden Globes
As Richard Gadd calls for more 'dark and complicated' stories to make it to screen
06/01/2025 … Baby Reindeer and its star Jessica Gunning both walked away with Golden Globes last night.