'The audience thought it was hilarious, but it was terrifying!'
Andy Smart recalls his most memorable gigs
25/07/2019 … First gig My first paid gig was on December 28, 1981.
2019 Features
Interviews with comedians, comedy reviews, Perfect Playlists and other comedy features, all collected in one place.
Thu 25 July 2019
Take a techno DJ, a Siberian forest and a sparse audience of 11-year-olds...
Olga Koch chooses her comedy favourites
25/07/2019 … Patti Harrison Performs the Song She Wrote for Dua Lipa Quite frankly, I can watch Patti Harrison do virtually anything.
© C4 'Just because it’s a comedy doesn’t mean it’s a piss-take'
Sharon Horgan on co-starring in and executive producing Aisling Bea's new C4 show This Way Up
25/07/2019 … You play Aisling’s character’s sister in This Way Up.
© C4 'I was born to be a father who makes terrible jokes'
Aisling Bea talks about her forthcoming Channel 4 comedy This Way Up
25/07/2019 … Can you tell us a bit about This Way Up? The show is technically a comedy about loneliness, but that’s kind of a hard sell.
Wed 24 July 2019
What’s the worst experience you have ever had in a hotel?
24/07/2019 … Today's Emergency Question from Richard Herring should be right up comedians' streets.
'I don't think the heckle was meant as a compliment... but I took it as one'
Ahead of his Edinburgh Fringe run, Rob Auton recalls his most memorable gigs
24/07/2019 … Worst gig At the time of writing the worst and most infuriating gig I can remember was at a freshers' welcoming event at Imperial College London.
Tue 23 July 2019
© BBC Who is the oldest Goodie?
23/07/2019 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
What’s your favourite cheese?
23/07/2019 … Every day until the end of the Fringe, we're asking one of Richard Herring's Emergency Questions from the RHLSTP podcast and now compiled in a book, to comedians.