What British sitcom was remade in the US as Lotsa Luck?
02/10/2018 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly trivia quiz - compiled, as always by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Tue 02 October 2018
QI drops clues to a Pandora's box
Can you solve P-series puzzle?
02/10/2018 … Eagle-eyed QI viewers have spotted an unusual – and frequently ‘misspelled’ – name popping up in the credits of the new series.
An honest Nish-take
Newspaper's embarrassing name slip-up
02/10/2018 … Red faces all round at Metro, after they accidentally called Nish Kumar ‘Nish Patel’.
George Carlin biopic in the works
'He shaped comedy for decades'
02/10/2018 … George Carlin is set to be the subject of a new biographical movie.
Louis CK is back on stage
Scandal-hit stand-up returns to the Comedy Cellar
02/10/2018 … Louis CK made a second surprise appearance on stage at New York’s Comedy Cellar on Sunday night.
Mon 01 October 2018
© BBC Mark Lamarr assault case dropped
Prosectors say there's insufficient evidence to proceed
01/10/2018 … The Crown Prosecution Service has dropped the assault case against Mark Lamarr on the eve of his planned court appearance.
What sort of gig is it?
Ashley Frieze offers a glossary for today's comedy circuit
01/10/2018 … For us comedians, getting gigs is become ever-more competitive, as we fight to get bookings with fees that haven't increased in the last ten years.
'It didn't work on any level'
Paul Whitehouse reveals the catchphrase character who bombed
01/10/2018 … Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse built their reputations creating memorable characters with instantly recognisable catchphrases.