Interviews with comedians, comedy reviews, Perfect Playlists and other comedy features, all collected in one place.
Steve Bennett at the launch of the Big 4's Edinburgh Fringe programme
14/05/2014 … Launching the combined brochure of the big four Edinburgh Fringe venues – the Pleasance, Assembly, Gilded Balloon and Underbelly - yesterday, Pleasance boss…
Part 3 of Liam Lonergan's history of alternative comedy
14/05/2014 … Part one: Stand-up's first impresarios Part two: The birth of alternative cabaretPart Three At the Elgin, the new Alternative Cabaret performers entertained a…
Part 2 of Liam Lonergan's history of the circuit
13/05/2014 … In the second part of his series, Liam Lonergan looks at the early days of alternative cabaret in London.
Henry Normal mulls the lack of adult cartoons on British TV
13/05/2014 … It is the most popular genre of comedy - but one British broadcasters have been reluctant to embrace.
Liam Lonergan charts the history of alternative comedy
12/05/2014 … In a five-part series, being published across this week, Liam Lonergan, charts the history of alternative comedy in Britain and – in this first article – America.
...and watch an exclusive deleted scene
12/05/2014 … Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon's acclaimed comedy series The Trip To Italy is released on DVD today – and we have five SIGNED copes to give away.
09/05/2014 … Butlins is hosting a festival of comedy next month, featuring 70 acts over three days – and we have a self-catering break for four to give away.
Channel 4's Phil Clarke on a year of comedy
08/05/2014 … At the end of 2012, Phil Clarke joined Channel 4 as head of comedy from programme-makers Objective.
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