Tim Robinson to star in HBO comedy pilot
The Chair Company revolves around a conspiracy
02/04/2024 … Cult sketch comic Tim Robinson is set to star in a new comedy show about a man investigating a conspiracy.
Tue 02 April 2024
© ZUMA Press, Inc. / Alamy Stock Photo Trevor Griffiths, playwright who foresaw alternative comedy, dies at 88
Comedians depicted clash of old comics and new sensibilities
02/04/2024 … Trevor Griffiths, the dramatist who foresaw the rise of the alternative comedy scene with his groundbreaking play Comedians, has died at the age of 88.
Where did Greg Davies and Rhod Gilbert drive in World's Most Dangerous Roads?
02/04/2024 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Be Funny Or Die
Review of Joel Morris' book about 'how comedy works and why it matters'
02/04/2024 … It’s an unwritten rule that any book about comedy starts with the EB White quote, refined by Barry Cryer, that analysing a joke is like dissecting a frog,…
Series 2 and live dates for Northern News
Ian Smith and Amy Gledhill's podcast returns
02/04/2024 … Ian Smith and Amy Gledhill are taking their comedy podcast Northern News on the road.
Comic Ella Al-Shamahi becomes a World Service presenter
New host of The Conversation, about impressive women
02/04/2024 … Comedian, explorer, palaeoanthropologist and evolutionary biologist Ella Al-Shamahi has become co-host of the BBC World Service programme The Conversation.
© Mark Grey (Studio Grey) 2024 West End New Act of the Year finalists announced
02/04/2024 … The finalists have been announced for the 2024 West End New Act of the Year.
Micky Flanagan announces short tour of theatre dates
02/04/2024 … Micky Flanagan has announced a small run of theatre dates.