2+ hour, 41+ min ago  (845+ words) comedy. co. uk Picture the end pier of a faded seaside resort, the bingo caller's patter drifting out over the slot machines and a comedian in a sparkly jacket promising the holidaymakers the time of their lives. That image runs…...

2+ hour, 41+ min ago  (290+ words) What the show does so cleverly is invert the usual comedy contract. Normally the audience waits to laugh; here the audience waits to see who cannot help laughing. The stakes flip. Suddenly a perfectly good joke is a threat, a…...

2+ hour, 41+ min ago  (381+ words) Why is it that millions of viewers will happily watch a grown adult attempt to get a tea bag into a mug from across a room, with absolutely no idea whether it will work? The answer says something rather interesting…...

2+ hour, 41+ min ago  (193+ words) These shows treated leisure as something almost sacred. A night in was not idle; it was where people recharged, bonded and occasionally chanced their arm on a bit of fun. The living room, the bar and the betting shop were…...

2+ hour, 41+ min ago  (788+ words) comedy. co. uk Few comic set-ups land quite as reliably as a sitcom character convinced their luck is about to turn. The British sitcom has always loved a chancer: the hopeful soul who is sure the next horse, the next…...

23+ hour, 17+ min ago  (267+ words) There is a reason audiences cannot look away when a character pushes their luck. Risk creates investment. The moment Tony Hancock convinces himself a get-rich-quick scheme will work, or Mark in Peep Show talks himself into a decision he will…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (53+ words) comedy. co. uk A group of misfit serial killers forcibly bring a reckless new member into their ranks to keep themselves off police radar, but as her wild antics escalate, they realise Outcast might be beyond their control. " British Comedy…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (53+ words) comedy. co. uk A group of misfit serial killers forcibly bring a reckless new member into their ranks to keep themselves off police radar, but as her wild antics escalate, they realise Outcast might be beyond their control. " British Comedy…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago  (183+ words) Gambling has been comic raw material in Britain for about as long as Britain has had comedians. The reasons are not hard to find. A flutter is a tiny, self-contained story with a beginning, a middle and almost always a…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (576+ words) Jordan Brookes - the longest ever reigning Edinburgh Comedy Award winner - is back! (Basically, he won the prestigious prize in 2019, and then there was a whole pandemic thing which stopped anybody else winning it for a couple of years). It's something…...