A quick wit
Paul Tonkinson completes London marathon in under 3hrs
24/04/2017 … Paul Tonkinson is staking a claim to being the fastest comedian – ‘offstage at least’ – after completing the London Marathon in under three…
Mon 24 April 2017
Upstream Comedy
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the 100 Club, London
24/04/2017 … This was the first show of what’s planned to be regular new alternative comedy night… though few in the audience seemed aware that weird is what they’d…
Picking the best naked body
Big Field takes on Naked Attraction
24/04/2017 … Surreal sketch series Big Field has raided Channel 4's Naked Attraction for its latest bizarre scene.
2.3m see Hospital People
The ratings are in for Tom Binns comedy
24/04/2017 … Tom Binns’ new sitcom Hospital People was seen by 2.
Ofcom won't be looking at Vic Reeves' penis
No investigation over Comic Relief complaints
24/04/2017 … Ofcom says it will not investigate complaints about this year's Red Nose Day telethon The watchdog received 338 complaints in total about last month’s…
Who will save the sitcom?
New event with writers Marks & Gran
24/04/2017 … Comedy writers Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran are to discuss the future of sitcom at an event in London next month.
Watch the Great Debate from the Melbourne fest
24/04/2017 … The full footage of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival's Great Debate has been posted online.
© BBC Forever FM becomes a real station
24/04/2017 … Forever FM, the fictional radio station from Peter Kay’s Car Share, has become a real broadcaster.