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Keeping Up Appearances. Image shows from L to R: Hyacinth Bucket (Patricia Routledge), Richard Bucket (Clive Swift). Copyright: BBC Features

British humour on a global scale

Tuesday 14th May 2024

A look at three British TV comedy series that are enjoyed by audiences the world over.

Andy Parsons Live

Andy Parsons is still bafflingly optimistic

Tuesday 14th May 2024

Andy Parsons discusses how he first got into comedy, what his creative process was like for his tour show Bafflingly Optimistic, and what he hopes audience members take away from it.

Rhod Gilbert Live

Rhod Gilbert, Marie Faustin, Doctor Brown - Mark Muldoon's Comedy Diary

Tuesday 14th May 2024

Borderline-national treasure Rhod Gilbert reports back on his journey since his 2022 cancer diagnosis. Plus: New York-based star Marie Faustin has 208k Instagram followers. Is she as good live as she is online? And: Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Doctor Brown returns to the stage after a long 12 year gap.

Only Fools And Horses. Boycie (John Challis). Copyright: BBC Features

British comedy characters having a flutter

Monday 13th May 2024

A look at three times that the topic of gambling has appeared in British sitcoms.

Dave Hill Features

Laugh Tracks: Jumpsuits, Trump snubs and jail riffs, with Dave Hill

Monday 13th May 2024

He's spanked his plank for Last Week Tonight, Tenacious D and the inmates of Sing Sing, but - with a London run forthcoming - who would Dave Hill not rock out for?

Fawlty Towers: The Play. Adam Jackson-Smith. Credit: Trevor Leighton Live

Adam Jackson-Smith on becoming Basil Fawlty

Sunday 12th May 2024

Fawlty Towers has arrived in the West End. We chat with Adam Jackson-Smith, who takes on the iconic role of Basil Fawlty, about how he prepared for the play's key character.

Happy Ever After. Image shows left to right: Terry Fletcher (Terry Scott), June Fletcher (June Whitfield). Credit: BBC Features

Comedy Rewind: When Terry and June got their Happy Ever After

Sunday 12th May 2024

Before the enduringly popular domestic comedy Terry & June there was a perhaps even more successful farcical sitcom for Terry Scott and June Whitfield: Happy Ever After.

Hancock. Image shows left to right: Tony Hancock (Tony Hancock), Nurse Rawlings (Judith Stott) TV

Hancock and The Girl

Sunday 12th May 2024

Whilst the 1963 Hancock series is not well-known today, one episode in particular has stand-out quality to it that offers a tantalising glimpse of Tony Hancock's genius.

Nathan Caton Live

First Gig, Worst Gig: Nathan Caton

Friday 10th May 2024

He's doing Delapre Abbey - but which of Nathan Caton's old haunts is now a post-comedy store?

Hancock's Half Hour. Image shows left to right: Sidney Balmoral James (Sid James), Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock (Tony Hancock). Credit: BBC Live

Hancock's Half Hour on the stage at 70

Thursday 9th May 2024

Ahead of comedian Tony Hancock's centenary and the 70th anniversary of sitcom Hancock's Half Hour on radio, actor and producer John Hewer discusses his new stage production of three scripts from lost television episodes.

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