Interviews with comedians, comedy reviews, Perfect Playlists and other comedy features, all collected in one place.
Kate Copstick champions Tanyalee Davis as she starts her UK tour
27/02/2024 … Once upon a time alternative comedy was angry young(ish) men in clubs that smelt of beer and intellectualised disaffection.
24/02/2024 … Reviewer Tim Harding gives a rundown of the best comedy he's been watching in London this past fortnight.
First three semi-finalists named
23/02/2024 … Here are all the competitors at the first three heats of the Chortle Student Comedy Award held last week.
Manchester comedy club celebrates its birthday tonight
22/02/2024 … Manchester Frog and Bucket comedy club is celebrating its 30th birthday tonight.
Lucia Keskin on her new BBC sitcom Things You Should Have Done
21/02/2024 … Lucia Keskin, the comedian and actress who found online fame with her YouTube channel Chi With A C and played Kelly in Channel 4 comedy Big Boys, has written…
Ike Ufomadu picks his Perfect Playlist of comedy favourites
20/02/2024 … American comedian Ike Ufomadu – described by Vulture as ‘the gentleman-scholar of alt-comedy’ – is heading to the UK next week for a run…
20/02/2024 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© BBC Daniel Lawrence Taylor on his new BBC show, Boarders
13/02/2024 … BBC Three’s new comedy-drama Boarders follows the lives of five talented black inner-city teenagers navigating their way through the British public school…
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