The best of British at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Our guide to the top visiting Poms
26/03/2019 … As The Melbourne International Comedy Festival kicks off yet again, here's out guide to some of the Brits heading to town.
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Tue 26 March 2019
Tue 19 March 2019
What was Captain Mainwaring's first name?
19/03/2019 … 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 18 March 2019
Who won the 2019 Chortle Awards
James Acaster and Kiri Pritchard-McLean lead the field
18/03/2019 … James Acaster and Kiri Pritchard-McLean were both double winners at the Chortle Awards tonight.
Thu 14 March 2019
Comedy with Resonance
12 hidden gems from the archives of the UK's most eclectic radio station
14/03/2019 … For more than 20 years, London-based community radio station Resonance FM has been broadcasting an eclectic mix of programming under its self--proclaimed remit to…
Wed 13 March 2019
What we know about Chris Morris's film The Day Shall Come
Satire has its premiere at SXSW festival
13/03/2019 … Chris Morris’s second film, The Day Shall Come, received its world premiere at the SXSW festival in Austen, Texas, this week – offering the first…
Tue 12 March 2019
Which was the first Comic Relief single?
Try our Tuesday Trivia Quiz... with a special Red Nose Day theme
12/03/2019 … 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 11 March 2019
'British comedy has never been scared of subject matter others find difficult'
Minnie Driver on her show Speechless, as it lands in the UK
11/03/2019 … As new US import Speechless starts on Channel 4 tonight, its star Minnie Driver speaks about the impact of the comedy, of working with an actor with cerebral palsy…
Thu 07 March 2019
© Matt Crockett 'People will remember this as fondly as The Real McCoy'
Timewasters creator Daniel Lawrence Taylor on his comedy favourites
07/03/2019 … Time-travelling comedy series Timewasters, returns to ITV2 next week.