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Yes, Prime Minister. Image shows from L to R: Sir Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne), James Hacker (Paul Eddington), Bernard Woolley (Derek Fowlds). Copyright: BBC Features

Comedy Rewind - Bringing down the House: Yes Minister

Sunday 15th October 2023

With a new, "final chapter" stage play now running, we examine the timeless comedy of political machinations, Yes Minister, and its sequel, Yes, Prime Minister.

Colin Geddis Live

Colin Geddis / Leith Comedy Festival / Joe McTernan - Bobby Carroll's Comedy Diary

Wednesday 11th October 2023

Bobby Carroll checked out some of the shows at Leith Comedy Festival, and checked out Colin Geddis at Monkey Barrel.

Still Game. Isa Drennan (Jane McCarry) Quiz

British Comedy Quiz #275

Wednesday 11th October 2023

This time: Still Game, Baldy Man, My Boomerang Won't Come Back, Hattie Jacques, and more.

Rosie Jones. Credit: Andy Hollingworth Live

Rosie Jones, Laura Ramoso, Paul Foot, Helen Bauer, Ben Target - Mark Muldoon's Comedy Diary

Monday 9th October 2023

Get the red hot inside track on live comedy offerings from: national treasure-in-waiting Rosie Jones, Liv Ello and Frankie Thompson performing Body Show, TikTok comedian Laura Ramoso's debut, Live At The Apollo star Helen Bauer beginning her new tour, and both Paul Foot and Ben Target making great comedy hay from fairly weighty topics.

Nerine Skinner. Credit: Steve Ullathorne Live

Nerine Skinner interview

Monday 9th October 2023

Last year Nerine Skinner went viral with parodies of Liz Truss and started to make a living from it... but after just 49 days her new career was over. Here's an interview with Nerine, as she prepares a work in progress live show about that period of her life.

Image shows left to right: Dick Hills, Sid Green Features

Comedy Chronicles - Those other two fellers: Dick Hills & Sid Green

Sunday 8th October 2023

Comedy writers Dick Hills and Sid Green left Morecambe & Wise behind, only to find that the duo they had really left behind was themselves.

Kayleigh Jones Live

Kayleigh Jones fed her dad to a pelican

Wednesday 4th October 2023

Kayleigh Jones talks about I Fed My Dad to a Pelican, her debut comedy hour that tells the bizarre true story of how she found out another man was her dad and why, after finding her real dad, she fed him to a pelican.

Rising Damp. Image shows left to right: Alan Moore (Richard Beckinsale), Rupert Rigsby (Leonard Rossiter), Philip Smith (Don Warrington) Quiz

British Comedy Quiz #274

Wednesday 4th October 2023

Feline smart? You meowt spot a subtle theme as you purruse this week's set of quiz questions.

Image shows left to right: Arabella Rodrigo, Katy Baker, Charlotte Brooke, Issy Wroe Wright, Flat & The Curves. Credit: Karla Gowlett Live

Random 8: Katy Baker from Flat and the Curves

Tuesday 3rd October 2023

As Manchester's Women in Comedy fest approaches, Katy Baker from Flat and the Curves talks Meryl, Minnelli and living with Mona Lisa.

Ghosts. Image shows left to right: Kitty (Lolly Adefope), Pat (Jim Howick), Captain (Ben Willbond), Mike (Kiell Smith-Bynoe), Julian (Simon Farnaby), Alison (Charlotte Ritchie), Robin (Laurence Rickard), Thomas (Mathew Baynton), Lady Button (Martha Howe-Douglas) TV

Ghosts interviews

Monday 2nd October 2023

The stars of Ghosts explain why it is the right time to bring the hit show to an end.

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