Interviews with comedians, comedy reviews, Perfect Playlists and other comedy features, all collected in one place.
Megan Ganz share some tips... and recalls the gag that cost £20,000
13/05/2022 … What’s the best way to start writing a sitcom? Forget about the jokes… That was the perhaps unexpected advice that Hollywood writer Megan Ganz…
© BBC Corporation comedy chief Jon Petrie's full speech to the BBC Comedy Festival
11/05/2022 … Here is the text of the ‘full telly wanker speech’ that BBC director of comedy Jon Petrie gave at the BBC’s new Comedy Festival in Newcastle this…
10/05/2022 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Shane Todd's most memorable gigs
10/05/2022 … Fresh from opening for Kevin Hart in a series of gigs in Belfast, Northern Irish stand-up and podcaster Shane Todd recalls five of his most memorable gigs, ahead…
03/05/2022 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Athena Kugblenu shares her Perfect Playlist of comedy favourites
03/05/2022 … As she prepares to bring her new stand-up show, Shaking Her Class, to the Soho Theatre later this month, Athena Kugblenu shares her Perfect Playlist of favourite…
© Channel 4/Nicole Wilder Shattuck Sarah Solemani talks about her Channel 4 show Chivalry
28/04/2022 … Sarah Solemani is currently appearing with Steve Coogan on the Channel 4 show, Chivalry, which they both wrote and which explores the impact of the MeToo reckoning…
© Channel 4 Steve Coogan on his C4 show Chivalry
28/04/2022 … Steve Coogan is currently appearing with Sarah Solemani on the Channel 4 show, Chivalry, which they both wrote and which explores the impact of the MeToo reckoning…
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