British Comedy Guide
British Comedy Guide
Love British Comedy Guide? Support our work by making a donation. Find out more

Features Page 252

This page lists all the articles, interviews and other features BCG has published. There are more than 4,000 articles to read in this section.   RSS feed

  • Comedy Chronicles
  • Comedy Rewind
  • Novelty Jukebox
  • First Gig, Worst Gig
  • Random 8
  • Circuit Training
  • Rogue Pun
  • Balls Etc
  • The British Comedy Quiz
Carry On films logo. Copyright: ITV Features

Picking the most iconic Carry On films

Tuesday 23rd June 2020

The Carry On films represented a unique period in British comedy, bringing music hall-style farce and saucy seaside postcard innuendo to the big screen. Here we take a look at some of the most iconic titles.

Funny Women Awards Pro

Funny Women Stage Award 2020 finalists

Tuesday 23rd June 2020

The finalists have been revealed for the Funny Women Stage Award 2020.

Joz Norris. Copyright: Steve Ullathorne Pro

My Comedy Career: Joz Norris

Sunday 21st June 2020

Joz Norris has been writing and performing comedy on the stage, online, on screens and on the wireless. In this in-depth interview he gives some insight into how he works.

Image shows from L to R: Big Red Button, Pier Van Tijn, Johnny Burns Pro

Big Red Button interview - directing as a duo

Saturday 20th June 2020

Johnny Burns and Pier Van Tijn direct together under the name Big Red Button. Here they talk about what it's like to call the shots as a duo, and how they made the pilot La Princesa de Woking look like it was set in the 1980s.

Anthony Jeannot Online

Stand-up specials released during lockdown

Friday 19th June 2020

A surge of new live albums and specials are helping to maintain lockdown morale.

Sooz Kempner Pro

How to Home-Stream: Part Two

Friday 19th June 2020

Creating a good online show can be surprisingly tricky, so we've asked comedy's new home-streaming community for their at-the-coalface advice. This week, a music and comedy special with Sooz Kempner and Katie Pritchard.

Joe Bor Live

First Gig, Worst Gig: Joe Bor

Friday 19th June 2020

He hit the depths pre-Daley and new heights before Norton: Joe Bor gets us all warmed up.

Dave Cohen Pro

Here is the news: you CAN make a living writing comedy

Thursday 18th June 2020

Dave Cohen writes about making a living from comedy writing, and the benefits of learning how to pen topical gags.

Mary Millington People

Mary Millington: the 70s cinema icon

Thursday 18th June 2020

As a new Blu-ray box set collating her films is released, its curator and her biographer, Simon Sheridan, explains all about Mary Millington, a pioneering personality of the 1970s.

Joyce Grenfell. Copyright: BBC Quiz

British Comedy Quiz #106

Wednesday 17th June 2020

Last Of The Summer Wine, On The Buses and Joyce Grenfell are amongst this week's question subjects.

Share this page

Subscribe to our newsletters