Is this peak nerd?
Comedy trio release their new show on floppy disc
26/09/2018 … Science comedy trio Festival of the Spoken Nerd are releasing their new show in a slightly unusual format: floppy disc.
Wed 26 September 2018
Comedy Central orders nine stand-up specials
26/09/2018 … Comedy Central UK has commissioned a new series of nine stand-up specials.
© World Affairs Council of Philadelphia/CC BY-SA 2.0 'I'm not saying Mr Cosby is Jesus, but...'
Publicist defends the convicted attacker
26/09/2018 … Bill Cosby’s publicist has defended his client – likening him to Jesus.
Tony Robinson raises Blackadder revival again
Is there a cunning plan... or just more talk?
26/09/2018 … It’s the story that refuses to go away: that Blackadder might be making a comeback.
Tue 25 September 2018
What was the name of Frankie Howerd’s character in Up Pompeii?
25/09/2018 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly trivia quiz - compiled, as always by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Free stand-up courses for refugees
Training for their debut gig as part of a new arts festival
25/09/2018 … Refugees are to be given training in stand-up comedy as part of a new festival about displacement.
![All he wants to do is [FX: GUNSHOTS] with a [FX: GUN RELOADING] and a [FX: CASH REGISTER] and go on tour | John-Luke Roberts announces 2019 dates](/images/photos/small/jlr_john_luke_roberts_ed18.jpg "All he wants to do is [FX: GUNSHOTS] with a [FX: GUN RELOADING] and a [FX: CASH REGISTER] and go on tour | John-Luke Roberts announces 2019 dates")
All he wants to do is [FX: GUNSHOTS] with a [FX: GUN RELOADING] and a [FX: CASH REGISTER] and go on tour
John-Luke Roberts announces 2019 dates
25/09/2018 … John-Luke Roberts is to take his acclaimed Edinburgh show on the road.
Sky's Comedy Shorts
25/09/2018 … Sky today releases its latest batch of comedy shorts via its on-demand service, ahead of a broadcast on Sky One at 10pm on October 10.