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First Gig, Worst Gig: Liam Withnail

Friday 5th April 2024

He's taking Chronic Boom on tour, but where did the eight year-old Liam Withnail cut his comedy teeth?

Live

Slim interview

Thursday 4th April 2024

As he prepares for The Jungle Comedy Lock-In, we talk to Slim about how he almost became a fireman instead of a stand-up comic.

Quiz

British Comedy Quiz #300

Wednesday 3rd April 2024

It's our 300th quiz! To help us celebrate the milestone, try and get a good score on these questions taken from our early quizzes.

Features

Three shows missing from the archives

Monday 1st April 2024

A look back at three lost shows: Morecambe & Wise's Running Wild; Tony Hancock performing H.G. Wells; and Hugh Lloyd and Terry Scott in Jimmy Perry's sitcom The Gnomes Of Dulwich.

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Comedy Rewind: Ev'rybody down! - The Navy Lark at 65

Sunday 31st March 2024

Now less celebrated than a number of its contemporaries, we revisit long-running, wildly popular service sitcom The Navy Lark, with a host of big-name stars.

Live

Grubby Little Mitts / Smutty Letters / Mekkin Roff / Richard Brown - Bobby Carroll's Glasgow Festival Diary

Friday 29th March 2024

Bobby explores some of the alternative spaces performers are making their own in Glasgow: a dilapidated music hall, an intimate cabaret venue and a bar with heart and soul.

Live

First Gig, Worst Gig: Kuan-Wen Huang

Friday 29th March 2024

He's MCing this year's LGBTQ+ New Comedian of the Year competition, but why is Kuan-Wen Huang keeping clear of Coggeshall?

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The Jungle Comedy Lock-In launches in London this April

Thursday 28th March 2024

The Jungle Comedy Lock-In, a late-night stand-up format which has a bar on stage, will run at London's Arts Theatre on Fridays and Saturdays this April.

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Three British comedy monsters

Thursday 28th March 2024

Monstrous characters are often found in British comedy. We take a look at Alan Partridge, Patsy Stone and Edmund Blackadder.

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Rogue Pun: Thursday Night at the Movies, with Chris Thorburn

Wednesday 27th March 2024

Like a comedic moustachioed Mark Kermode, Chris Thorburn is bringing film chat to the Glasgow International Comedy Festival. But why did he watch one Daniel Radcliffe shocker five times in one day?