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Significant Other. Image shows left to right: Sam (Youssef Kerkour), Anna (Katherine Parkinson) TV

Significant Other: Katherine Parkinson & Youssef Kerkour interview

Monday 5th June 2023

Katherine Parkinson and Youssef Kerkour introduce us to their new comedy drama, Significant Other.

Bosco Theatre - Brighton Fringe 2023. Credit: Si Hawkins Live

Norse God Wrestling to Drag Queen Quaffing: a Balmy Weekend at the Brighton Fringe

Sunday 4th June 2023

Is there a better way to do a city break than the Brighton Fringe, which peppers the city with interesting shows, and other stuff, from early May to early June?

Hugh Carleton Greene. Credit: National Portrait Gallery Features

Comedy Chronicles: The heart of the matter - The real battle of Hugh Carleton Greene

Sunday 4th June 2023

The BBC's story is long and varied, but its revolutionary free-thinking approach to television broadcasting in the 1960s is a story that is more often than not only half-told: enter Director-General Sir Hugh Carleton Greene.

My Family. Image shows from L to R: Abi Harper (Siobhan Hayes), Janey Harper (Daniela Denby-Ashe), Michael Harper (Gabriel Thomson), Susan Harper (Zoë Wanamaker), Ben Harper (Robert Lindsay) Quiz

British Comedy Quiz #256

Wednesday 31st May 2023

This time: The Thin Blue Line, Barbara Windsor, My Family, French And Saunders, Not Going Out, and more.

Brown Girls Do It Too. Image shows left to right: Rubina Pabani, Poppy Jay Live

Brown Girls Do It Too, Rhys James, Fin Taylor - Mark Muldoon's Comedy Diary

Tuesday 30th May 2023

Our live comedy columnist heads off to see the provocative Fin Taylor, as well as former Mock The Week regular Rhys James. Plus, the British Asian sexperience comes under the spotlight in Brown Girls Do It Too.

Image shows left to right: Ellen Montoya, Letty Butler Live

Random 8: Ellen Turnill Montoya & Letty Butler from The Big Pitch

Tuesday 30th May 2023

As they prepare for The Big Pitch, Ellen Turnill Montoya and Letty Butler talk tasty bugs, witchy mums and a swimming trunk faux pas.

The Des O'Connor Show. Des O'Connor. Credit: Associated Television TV

Celebrating Des O'Connor

Monday 29th May 2023

Marking sixty years since it first aired, we look at the sketch-led variety series The Des O'Connor Show and its eponymous host's long career supporting and championing comic talent.

Thick As Thieves. Image shows from L to R: Stan (John Thaw), Annie (Pat Ashton), George Dobbs (Bob Hoskins). Copyright: London Weekend Television Features

Comedy Rewind: Stealing a laugh - Revisiting Thick As Thieves

Sunday 28th May 2023

In this week's Comedy Rewind, we take a look back at Thick As Thieves, the criminal comedy that Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais penned before Porridge.

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. Image shows left to right: Zaphod Beeblebrox (Sam Rockwell), Humma Kavula (John Malkovich), Arthur Dent (Martin Freeman), Ford Prefect (Mos Def), Trillian (Zooey Deschanel) Film

Exploring The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy film

Thursday 25th May 2023

It's Towel Day, so an ideal time for two new in-depth articles looking at the 'development hell' that the movie version of Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy went through.

Fawlty Towers. Image shows from L to R: Manuel (Andrew Sachs), Basil Fawlty (John Cleese), Sybil Fawlty (Prunella Scales), Polly (Connie Booth). Copyright: BBC Features

The unmatched charm of British humour

Wednesday 24th May 2023

We asked an AI programme to write about British comedy. It generated us an essay that put forward a case for British humour's global supremacy.

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