Fawlty Towers named best British sitcom of all time
New top 20 compiled by comedy experts
09/04/2019 … Fawlty Towers has been named the greatest British sitcom of all time a new poll Radio Times magazine questioned a panel of 42 comedy experts to…
Tue 09 April 2019
Oliver Coleman: Poolside
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
09/04/2019 … Yes, his name is like a certain best actress Oscar-winner, and yes, he has got a sketch about it.
UK and Ireland dates for Tom Segura
In London, Manchester and Dublin
09/04/2019 … America’s Tom Segura is to play a handful of gigs this side of the Atlantic.
Lizzy Hoo: Hoo Am I? (What's My Name?)
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
09/04/2019 … Hoo’s on first? Festival newcomer Lizzy Hoo is agreeable company for her 50 minutes, but the experience is rather one-note, across in her mild-mannered delivery, …
Nina Oyama Needs A Lift
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
09/04/2019 … These two facts may be related, but festival newcomer Nina Oyama is something of a personal screw-up – and a natural at comedy.
Barnie Juancan: Tap Head
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
09/04/2019 … When a comedy show starts with the visually arresting image of a man walking sadly across the stage with a giant tap as his head, you know you’re not in for…
Comedians up for 2019 British Podcast Awards
09/04/2019 … Alex Horne, Julia Davis and James Acaster are among the nominees in this year’s British podcast awards.
Mon 08 April 2019
Channel 5 orders a 'docu-sitcom'
Like a scripted comedy, but without the writers
08/04/2019 … Channel 5 has ordered what it is describing as a ‘docu-sitcom’, showing the humour in a real-life Welsh family – but without the need to employ…