Interviews with the top comedians.
Jimmy Carr on Battle In The Box
09/07/2024 … Battle In The Box comes to the newly rebranded U&Dave next week, a British version of a Korean gameshow in which a teams of two celebrities go head-to-head…
© Dan Goldsmith/UKTV Paul Whitehouse laments the decline the genre that made his name
04/06/2024 … Later this month, Paul Whitehouse hosts a four-part retrospective, The Sketch Show Years, for Gold - four episodes each dedicated to a different decade of the genre.
Dara O Briain on his new Channel 5 show about the Egyptian tombs
15/05/2024 … Dara O Briain’s new series Mysteries Of The Pyramids starts on Channel 5 on Monday, looking at how the landmarks were built and what their true function…
Former Comedy Cafe owner Noel Faulkner speaks his mind
13/05/2024 … Noel Faulkner, the founder of now-defunct London stand-up institution The Comedy Cafe, lives in retirement in Galway, where freelance writer and poet Kevin…
© BBC Studios Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton on the final series
08/05/2024 … As Inside No 9 returns for its ninth and final season, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton reflect on the show… What can viewers expect from this…
Ben Heal says the three-acts-and-an-MC formula has had its day
03/05/2024 … If an award laden long-format Edinburgh Fringe show is the critical high-water mark and the killing floor gong shows the lowest ebb of UK stand-up comedy –…
© Chortle Comedy legend speaks at the launch of the Fawlty Towers play
02/05/2024 … John Cleese says he has a problem with ‘the literal-minded’ responding to his comedy, as they don’t get the jokes.
© BBC/Vico Films The cast of Young Offenders on the comedy's return
30/04/2024 … After a three-year hiatus, The Young Offenders returns to BBC One next Friday, May 10, catching up with loveable rogues Conor (Alex Murphy) and Jock (Chris Walley),…
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