Interviews with comedians, comedy reviews, Perfect Playlists and other comedy features, all collected in one place.
© Quay Street Productions/ITVX Youssef Kerkour and Katherine Parkinson on Significant Other
31/05/2023 … In the new ITVX comedy Significant Other, Youssef Kerkour plays Sam, who is waiting to die after swallowing a cabinet full of pills when he’s interrupted by…
© Patrick Olner Guz Khan on why he went back to the drawing board... as comedy returns for series 4
30/05/2023 … Guz Khan says the next series of Man Like Mobeen was inspired by his cousin being sent to jail.
30/05/2023 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© Patrick Olner Borat and Alan Partridge scribe at the BBC Comedy Festival
27/05/2023 … Acclaimed writer Peter Baynham lifted the lid on his illustrious career in a session at the BBC Comedy Festival in Cardiff yesterday.
© Patrick Olner Series creator interviewed at the BBC Comedy Festival
26/05/2023 … They are, by most measures, truly awful, immoral human beings.
© Patrick Olner Bad Sisters writer speaks at the BBC comedy festival
25/05/2023 … Sharon Horgan says there’s less ‘bullshit’ involved in making comedy in the UK compared to America.
Trivia quiz to mark his 60th birthday
23/05/2023 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© Sarah Bennetto Our guide to the big outdoor events
18/05/2023 … Stand-up has become a major part of the music festivals that have proliferated across the UK each summer.
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