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Hello, Cheeky!. Copyright: BBC Quiz

British Comedy Quiz #292

Wednesday 7th February 2024

Hyacinth Bucket, Hello, Cheeky! and a sitcom set feature this time. Also, "Have you tried turning it off and on again?".

Image shows left to right: Sullivan Brown, Rosie Nicholls, Grubby Little Mitts Live

Random 8: Grubby Little Mitts

Tuesday 6th February 2024

After much moistness at the Leicester Comedy Festival gala, Grubby Little Mitts talk crying blood, a Parisian p*sser and New York hair hijack.

Drop The Dead Donkey. Image shows from L to R: Henry Davenport (David Swift), George Dent (Jeff Rawle), Helen Cooper (Ingrid Lacey), Sally Smedley (Victoria Wicks), Damien Day (Stephen Tompkinson), Gus Hedges (Robert Duncan), Joy Merryweather (Susannah Doyle). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions Features

Comedy Rewind: Drop The Dead Donkey - Making and breaking the headlines

Sunday 4th February 2024

We look back at classic 1990s newsroom-set comedy Drop The Dead Donkey, a sitcom that pondered whether journalistic integrity can prevail in a world where only a wealthy few have the power to set the agenda.

Romesh Ranganathan. Credit: Alex Lake Live

Romesh Ranganathan, Rob Auton - Mark Muldoon's Comedy Diary

Saturday 3rd February 2024

Here's what our live comedy columnist thought as the major new tour from Romesh Ranganathan kicks in. Plus: Boundless poetic beauty courtesy of Rob Auton.

Red Dwarf. Image shows left to right: Lister (Craig Charles), Rimmer (Chris Barrie) Features

Launching Red Dwarf: Series I retrospective

Thursday 1st February 2024

A look back at the creation of Red Dwarf. The sci-fi sitcom nearly launched with a very different cast.

Image shows left to right: Max Olesker, Ivan Gonzalez, Max & Ivan Live

Guz Khan, Max & Ivan, Louise Young, Lindsey Santoro - Mark Muldoon's Comedy Diary

Wednesday 31st January 2024

Is this the end for acclaimed double act Max & Ivan? How will Guz Khan fare as he takes to the Hammersmith Apollo stage? How did newcomer Louise Young find growing up working class and half-Turkish in Newcastle? Is Lindsey Santoro comfortable spending ten minutes detailing embarrassing smear test outcomes? Answers to all these questions and more in Mark Muldoon's latest column.

The Squirrels. Rex (Ken Jones). Copyright: Associated Television Quiz

British Comedy Quiz #291

Wednesday 31st January 2024

What was The Prince of Denmark? Who starred in The Piglet Files? Where was The Squirrels set? What was the supermarket name in Trollied? Those are some of this week's questions.

The Thinking Drinkers. Image shows left to right: Tom Sandham, Ben McFarland Live

Random 8: The Thinking Drinkers

Tuesday 30th January 2024

It's very nearly Valentine's Day, so The Thinking Drinkers give us two seductive booze suggestions, and eight random answers.

Harry Green Features

Comedy Chronicles: The Trouble With Harry - The premature exit of Harry Green

Sunday 28th January 2024

Comedy Chronicles looks at the career of actor Harry Green and how his death during a live television play threw the production into chaos.

Adam Bloom Live

First Gig, Worst Gig: Adam Bloom

Friday 26th January 2024

He's written a definitive book on doing stand-up better - but what was Adam Bloom's own career nadir?

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