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The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio
17/06/2018 … The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio.
2018 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sun 17 June 2018
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Jason Manford plays Catchphrase
Rob Beckett and Adrian Edmondson also in celebrity specials
17/06/2018 … Jason Manford, Rob Beckett, Ruth Jones and Adrian Edmondson are to take part in celebrity editions of Catchphrase.
Quiz the BBC's comedy chief
17/06/2018 … BBC comedy chief Shane Allen is to give tips on how to break into the industry at a free session this week.
Sat 16 June 2018
© BBC There's bias among our writers, admits BBC satirist
Dead Ringers 'does more anti-Brexit jokes'
16/06/2018 … The script editor of Radio 4’s Dead Ringers has admitted there may be an inherent anti-Brexit bias in the satirical show.
A history of racist British comedians
16/06/2018 … This week's comedy on demand…Racist British ComediansAmerican journalist and humorist Harmon Leon delves into the shadier elements of British comedy's past with…
© BBC Sitcoms have 'lost their nerve' on grotesque characters
Writer's plea for more larger-than-life personalities
16/06/2018 … Sitcoms have ‘lost their nerve’ when it comes to putting larger-than-life characters on screen.
The secret formula behind most hit sitcoms
How characters fit four key archetypes
16/06/2018 … There’s a secret formula at the heart of almost every successful sitcom, aspiring comedy writers have been told.
Fri 15 June 2018
Stewart Lee to tour his 1980s material
As support for post-punk band The Nightingales
15/06/2018 … Stewart Lee is to perform his 1980s stand-up routine in support of post-punk band The Nightingales this autumn.