What was the high school in The Breakfast Club?
22/01/2019 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly trivia quiz, now in multiple choice format and compiled, as always, by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
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Tue 22 January 2019
Mon 21 January 2019
© BBC It Ain't Half Hot Mum – where are they now?
Whatever happened to the cast of the sitcom
21/01/2019 … This weekend's news that It Ain't Half Hot Mum star Windsor Davies has died at the age of 88 revived interest in the sitcom that made his name – as…
Sat 19 January 2019
© BBC Because fact into doubt won’t go
Eight great sketches as The Day Today turns 25
19/01/2019 … It was 25 years ago today, January 19, 1994, that the first episode of The Day Today hit screens – the TV version of Armando Iannucci and Chris Morris's…
Tue 15 January 2019
What was the Fast Show called in America?
15/01/2019 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly trivia quiz, now in multiple choice format and- compiled, as always by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Mon 14 January 2019
'Now I know the best cooking oil if you want to oil yourself up...'
Sara Barron on her Unforgettable Five gigs
14/01/2019 … As she prepares for a run of her Edinburgh best newcomer-nominated show at the Soho Theatre later this month, Sara Barron recalls her most memorable gigs.
© Channel 4 Writing Catastrophe is 'a slog'
Sharon Horgan on her hit Channel 4 comedy
14/01/2019 … Catastrophe has just returned to Channel 4, which means its stars and creators Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan have been talking a lot about the show.
© Channel 4 'I like to instil physical discomfort into people who tune in to watch a comedy. I get off on that'
14/01/2019 … Catastrophe has just returned to Channel 4, which means its stars and creators Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan have been talking a lot about the show.
Sun 13 January 2019
Every Netflix 'Comedians Of The World' special ranked
...well, the English language ones at least!
13/01/2019 … On New Year's Day, Netflix released 47 half-hour comedy specials, from stand-ups around the world and in a handful of different languages.