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Tim Harding on some comedy works-in-progress, and the musical talents of Jazz Emu
29/06/2024 … Reviewer Tim Harding gives a rundown of the best comedy he's been watching in London this past fortnight.
2024 Features
Interviews with comedians, comedy reviews, Perfect Playlists and other comedy features, all collected in one place.
Sat 29 June 2024
Tue 25 June 2024
© BBC What job does Norman Stanley Fletcher do in Going Straight?
25/06/2024 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Wed 19 June 2024
© Maha Roberts/Facebook Earth Exchange: The most alternative of alternative comedy clubs
Personal memories of a vital venue in the circuit's history – from the man who ran it
19/06/2024 … When the story of the alternative comedy revolution of the late 1970s and early 1980s is told, the focus is usually on the Comedy Store and the Comic Strip…
Tue 18 June 2024
Where was there a fight in Bhaji On The Beach?
18/06/2024 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Mon 17 June 2024
The bizarre world of the North American dance fly...
Exclusive extract from Nature Table book... And watch host Sue Perkins enter a duck's vagina
17/06/2024 … Hosted by Sue Perkins, Radio 4’s ‘show and tell’ comedy series Nature Table, celebrating the natural world, is currently airing its fourth series,…
Fri 14 June 2024
This book about stand-up has no idea what's funny
14/06/2024 … Reviewer Tim Harding gives a rundown of the best comedy he's been watching in London (and reading about in Corsica) this past fortnight.
Wed 12 June 2024
Inside No 9: Every episode ranked
We put all 54 stories in order of brilliance. You'll probably disagree..
12/06/2024 … As the final episode airs tonight, here's our ranking of each installment of Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton’s endlessly creative anthology.
© BBC/James Stack Inside No 9: Vote for your favourite episodes
As the anthology series comes to an end
12/06/2024 … As Steve Pemberton and Reece Sheaersmith's brilliant anthology series comes to an end, vote for your favourite episodes.