© Marc Brenner Dawn French reveals the truth behind her shock decision
08/10/2023 … Dawn French has revealed that she stopped making comedy sketches with Jennifer Saunders because she became upset that her looks had become the punchline.
In the second extract from his memoirs, James Mullinger learns a hard lesson of stand-up
07/10/2023 … Comedian James Mullinger has written a book – Brit Happens: Or Living The Canadian Dream – about how he moved to St John, New Brunswick, and found success…
City's comedy festival gets under way
07/10/2023 … Hasan Al-Habib has won the Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent Award 2023.
06/10/2023 … Posts of the week Hey girl are you the North of England, because I want to promise you the greatest rail you’ve ever had and then immediately disappoint…
Tickets for Taskmaster star's Wobservations on sale now
06/10/2023 … Edinburgh Comedy Award winner and Taskmaster star Sam Campbell is to embark on his first UK tour.
James Mullinger recalls an awful early gig in this extract from his memoir
06/10/2023 … Comedian James Mullinger has written a book – Brit Happens: Or Living The Canadian Dream – about how he moved to St John, New Brunswick, and found success…
© BBC It looks like a pair of legs in PE shorts
06/10/2023 … Daisy May Cooper is being haunted by a pair of legs in PE shorts.
05/10/2023 … Most followers of comedy must surely know London Hughes’s story by now, since she’s spoken about it often enough in interviews and on her socials.
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