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Rogue Pun: Die Hard with a Rhyming Sentence

Monday 21st November 2022

As he takes the brilliant Yippee Ki Yay around the UK, we ask Richard Marsh: how did a poet end up doing Die Hard?

Features

Comedy Chronicles: Michael Bentine - A Goon who should not be forgotten

Sunday 20th November 2022

In his centenary year, Comedy Chronicles addresses the remarkable and often-overlooked legacy and career of the multi-talented, fascinating Michael Bentine, co-creator of The Goon Show.

TV

Here's A Funny Thing: Channel 4

Sunday 20th November 2022

Forty years since it was broadcast - during Channel 4's first month on air - we look at its production of Here's A Funny Thing, a hit one-man stage play about legendary music hall comic Max Miller.

Quiz

British Comedy Quiz #229

Wednesday 16th November 2022

The Vicar Of Dibley, The Darling Buds Of May, Julian Clary and Brass Eye are mentioned this week... but who is Frederick Fowell?

Live

Random 8: The Awkward Silence

Tuesday 15th November 2022

As they prepare to Enter the Vortex, The Awkward Silence take us back to water rat reverence and the battle of Rylance/Bottom.

Live

Andy Zaltzman interview

Tuesday 15th November 2022

The man with the wittiest shed in sport and politics, Andy Zaltzman talks hasty rewrites, mourning comedy, and why he's hiding a giant wooden duck.

Film

Jack Spring introduces Three Day Millionaire

Monday 14th November 2022

New film Three Day Millionaire follows a group of fishermen in Grimsby who set about spending their wages in three days. But it's only after spending it all that they discover they're not going to be re-boarding their ship to head back out and earn a fresh pay packet. Director Jack Spring introduces the project in this article.

Features

Rogue Pun: Fanboy lands in London to probe the enduring needs of nerds

Monday 14th November 2022

Fresh from a successful Fringe run, Joe Sellman-Leava takes a revealing journey back through his childlike obsessions.

Features

British comedy movies about finding the perfect match

Monday 14th November 2022

When it comes to finding the perfect match, there are plenty of brilliant British comedy movies that will have you laughing out loud.

Features

Comedy Rewind: Robin's hood - Meeting the Man About The House

Sunday 13th November 2022

One of the most popular sitcoms of the 1970s, Man About The House was hugely successful and has a significant impact to this day - on both sides of the Atlantic.