© BBC/Richard Ansett How the Inside No 9 duo play dead for fun
17/10/2017 … Ever wondered how Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton come up with so many inventive and grisly deaths for their characters? Apparently, it's plenty of practice.
And why comedians should write more of them - by Dave Cohen
17/10/2017 … If you want to make progress as a stand-up, it seems obvious that you should be writing more and more jokes.
...thanks to comedy mathematician Matt Parker
17/10/2017 … It's probably not THE biggest scandal in football – but comedy mathematician Matt Parker has become vexed by the roadsigns directing fans to stadiums.
17/10/2017 … American comedian Wyatt Cenac is to star in a topical comic documentary series executive produced by John Oliver.
17/10/2017 … Comedian Lizzie Roper has joined the Grumpy Old Women team as they announce a new tour.
Trailer for new Netflix special
17/10/2017 … Netflix has released the trailer for Jack Whitehall's new stand-up special At Large.
Hannah Begbie inspired by raising a son with cystic fibros
17/10/2017 … Former comedy agent Hannah Begbie has become a novelist, and has sold her first book to HarperFiction.
17/10/2017 … Trailer Park Boys star John Dunsworth has died at the age of 71 following a 'brief and unexpected illness’.
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