Now everybody knows their names
As Cheers turns 35, what happened to the original cast?
29/09/2017 … Cheers was first broadcast 35 years ago tomorrow.
2017 Features
Interviews with comedians, comedy reviews, Perfect Playlists and other comedy features, all collected in one place.
Fri 29 September 2017
Thu 28 September 2017
'She could be me if the comedy hadn't worked out...'
Roisin Conaty on her new sitcom GameFace
28/09/2017 … Roisin Conaty's sitcom GameFace comes to E4 next month – three years after the pilot episode.
© Glenn Francis, www.PacificProDigital.com What Hugh Hefner did for comedy
Playboy Clubs championed some unexpected stand-ups
28/09/2017 … His legacy will be as the man who sold a sexual fantasy – in his magazines and in his nightclubs, populated by the Bunnies who’d serve drinks in their…
Tue 26 September 2017
What was the name of this Thora Hird sitcom?
26/09/2017 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly trivia quiz - compiled, as always by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Thu 21 September 2017
See comedians - on ice!
Exclusive gallery and video from The Battle for Icetopia
21/09/2017 … It’s being described as ‘the most idiotic show ever’ as comedians stage an epic musical play… on ice.
Wed 20 September 2017
Win Peter Sellers' weirdest films
20/09/2017 … Four of Peter Sellers' oddest comedy movies have been released as a DVD box set this week – and we have four copies to give away.
Tue 19 September 2017
How many Police Academy films were there?
19/09/2017 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly trivia quiz - compiled, as always by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Wed 13 September 2017
'All of my favourite comedy has a touch of poetry to it'
Phill Jupitus picks his Perfect Playlist
13/09/2017 … The ability to put this list together with such ease, has reminded me of the time when friends and I would exchange cassettes or worn VHS tapes of favourite bits.