'I never bomb...but the audience sometimes do'
Adam Riches on his Unforgettable Five gigs
30/01/2019 … Interactive character comedian Adam Riches is about to perform two London runs and a UK tour of three different shows.
2019 Features
Interviews with comedians, comedy reviews, Perfect Playlists and other comedy features, all collected in one place.
Wed 30 January 2019
Tue 29 January 2019
Remembering Linda Smith
A dozen of her best jokes on what would have been her birthday
29/01/2019 … Linda Smith would have been 61 years old today, had she not died as a consequence of ovarian cancer at the age of 48.
© BBC What was the name of Frank Spencer’s mother-in-law?
29/01/2019 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly trivia quiz, now in multiple choice format and- compiled, as always by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Mon 28 January 2019
© BBC 'I’m not a national treasure. I’m a national disgrace': Jo Brand in her own words
Comedian's wit and wisdom from the Imagine documentary
28/01/2019 … Jo Brand is the subject of Alan Yentob’s arts documentary strand Imagine on BBC One tonight.
Fri 25 January 2019
© Steve Ullathorne Who's coming to the Leiciester Comedy Festival?
Watch highlights of the preview gala
25/01/2019 … The Leicester Comedy Festival kicked off its 2019 programming with a preview show earlier this month – and here are the highlights.
Tue 22 January 2019
What was the high school in The Breakfast Club?
22/01/2019 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly trivia quiz, now in multiple choice format and compiled, as always, by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Mon 21 January 2019
© BBC It Ain't Half Hot Mum – where are they now?
Whatever happened to the cast of the sitcom
21/01/2019 … This weekend's news that It Ain't Half Hot Mum star Windsor Davies has died at the age of 88 revived interest in the sitcom that made his name – as…
Sat 19 January 2019
© BBC Because fact into doubt won’t go
Eight great sketches as The Day Today turns 25
19/01/2019 … It was 25 years ago today, January 19, 1994, that the first episode of The Day Today hit screens – the TV version of Armando Iannucci and Chris Morris's…