Well, crikey. You read that right - today marks a full 20 years since the first incarnation of British Comedy Guide's earliest form launched.
Mark and I have poured hours and hours (in fact, very literally, years!) of time into this passion, celebrating and supporting comedy through a variety of means. We've come a huge way to what you see today: an ever-growing encyclopaedia, newspaper and feature magazine devoted to all aspects of British comedy, for now, for the past, and for the future.
Perhaps most notably for this post, our forums and membership opened three short years later, with some of you having been around right since that very first day: 18th August 2006.
Both in our mid-/late-30s today, it's consumed the entire working lives of Mark and myself, and very similar for some of the various contributors who have helped to make BCG what it is.
However, we wanted to pay particular thanks here to all of you who've posted over the years, contributing to the fun (and arguments), asking questions, and sharing your thoughts about comedies old and new. We're grateful you've found value in what we do - and particularly humbled by those who've been dedicated enough to help us survive these 20 years by donating through our Supporters' programme.
If you'd like to read a bit more about the last two decades (!) and see some statistics from our databases, you can head to this new feature.
For the decades ahead, if you'd like to continue to help ensure BCG exists we can always do with more donations; and we've got plenty of plans on the horizon for both further expansion and continued comedy coverage, as the article above hints at. So - cheers! Here's to you, us, comedy, and another two decades of laughs.
