A TikTok comedian who precisely tickles my funny bone
31/05/2024 … Reviewer Tim Harding gives a rundown of the best comedy he's been watching in London this past fortnight.
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Tue 28 May 2024
What company do the Futurama team work for?
28/05/2024 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© UPI / Alamy Stock Photo Malala loves comedy... she has a very dark sense of humour
We Are Lady Parts creator Nida Manzoor on series 2 – and their big-name guest star
28/05/2024 … We Are Lady Parts returns to Channel 4 for its second series on Thursday.
Fri 24 May 2024
'We couldn't be so vicious about celebrities today'
Jennifer Saunders also says women are 'less competitive' as comedy writers
24/05/2024 … Women comedy writers are less competitive than their male counterparts and more concerned with preserving their friendships, Jennifer Saunders has told the BBC Comedy…
© BBC 'We make Mrs Brown's Boys and I'm incredibly proud of it'
BBC Studios comedy chief and other creators on the demand for broad family sitcoms
24/05/2024 … When it comes to warm, family sitcoms, there can't be many inspired by The Blair Witch Project.
© BBC/James Stack How the BBC almost cancelled The League Of Gentlemen before it hit TV
Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton at the BBC Comedy Festival
24/05/2024 … Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton received a standing ovation at the end of their appearance at the BBC Comedy Festival – but the corporation wasn't…
'Too many satirists are taking the path of least resistance'
Armando Iannucci says comics should tackle contentious topics
24/05/2024 … Too many satirists take 'the path of least resistance' and avoid properly tackling contentious political topics, Armando Iannucci has said.
Thu 23 May 2024
'Sitcom isn’t dead but it needs a couple of Berocca'
Full text of BBC comedy chief Jon Petrie's keynote industry speech
23/05/2024 … BBC director of comedy Jon Petrie has today called for the TV industry to help him ‘save our sitcoms’.