2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (512+ words) Highly surreal radio adventures that helped take British comedy into a new age. Starring Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe. Also features Michael Bentine. I've always liked old comedy. And then, on a Saturday in 1988, quite by chance, I…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (132+ words) A free online workshop from TikTok to help comedians make the most of the video platform. The Live Comedy Association is partnering with TikTok to run a free online workshop to help performers make the most of the social media…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (137+ words) Wednesday 26th August 2026, 3:45pm Friday Night Dinner creator Robert Popper has written a new sitcom. Netflix has commissioned six episodes of Marbles, a "multi-generational comedy about a couple raising ridiculously lively young boys, while caring for ridiculously difficult ageing parents, and coping…...

1+ mon, 17+ hour ago   (204+ words) Wednesday 12th August 2026, 10:00am Saturday Night Live UK is confirmed as returning to Sky One on 12th September. All 11 members of the inaugural cast will be back: Hammed Animashaun, Ayoade Bamgboye, Larry Dean, Celeste Dring, George Fouracres, Ania Magliano, Annabel Marlow, Al Nash,…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (459+ words) An important message in a show that maybe isn't a contender for any of the big comedy prizes but certainly marks its comedian out as one to watch. If Squeaky Bum Time just felt a little more consistent and less…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (456+ words) When you're writing about difficult experiences, how do you work out where the joke is without losing what made the story worth telling? I get sense for the jokes by performing it quite a bit and relistening to sets. Sometimes…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago   (587+ words) Tommy Cooper is one of a select few comics who seemed born to make people laugh. He had that indefinable quality, some call it funny bones, Barry Cryer used to call it The X Factor in the years before the…...