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Win one of five copies of new Richard Briers biography
28/09/2018 … A major biography of Good Life and Ever Decreasing Circles star Richard Briers was published yesterday – and we have five copies to give away.
2018 Features
Interviews with comedians, comedy reviews, Perfect Playlists and other comedy features, all collected in one place.
Fri 28 September 2018
Tue 25 September 2018
What was the name of Frankie Howerd’s character in Up Pompeii?
25/09/2018 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly trivia quiz - compiled, as always by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
'Channel 4 are my enablers'
Interview with The Bisexual's Desiree Akhavan
25/09/2018 … Next month Channel 4 airs the new comedy-drama from Desiree Akhavan, described as a ‘ raw, funny and unapologetic take on the last taboo’ - bisexuality; Akhavan…
Mon 24 September 2018
© Nobby Clark First images of Adrian Edmondson and Nigel Planer in Vulcan 7
New stage comedy, set on a fantasy film
24/09/2018 … Here are the first images of Young Ones stars Adrian Edmondson and Nigel Planer appearing togetherin a new stage comedy In Vulcan 7, the pair play actors, who…
Thu 20 September 2018
'My penis is the least upsetting thing I can think of'
As he prepares to make his London debut, Bob Saget recalls his most memorable gigs
20/09/2018 … American comic Bob Saget, star of Netflix sitcom Fuller House as well as a long-established stand-up, makes his London debut at the Leicester Square Theatre tomorrow…
Wed 19 September 2018
'It's hard to make a word processor laugh'
19/09/2018 … As a teenager Norden became taken with the idea of becoming a foreign correspondent, so wrote to the Daily Express journalist Sefton Delmer asked if he could accompany…
Denis Norden: A life in comedy
Some classic clips of his work
19/09/2018 … Just some of the highlights from Denis Norden's long broadcasting career: The Glums The breakout hit from the pair's radio series Take It From…
Obituary: Denis Norden
From The Glums to It'll Be Alright On The Night
19/09/2018 … He will be remembered as than the avuncular presenter of gaffes on It’ll Be Alright On The Night, but that image does a disservice to Denis Norden’s…