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WebTom Ballard - First Gig, Worst Gig
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (776+ words) It was the first of times, it was the worst of times. This time we welcome Tom Ballard, the often-nominated and sometimes-winning Australian who is doing two London shows this weekend, after a full run at the Edinburgh Fringe. The…...
Joe Wilkinson and David Earl write The Big Book Of Brilliant Quips
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (516+ words) ExclusiveThursday 10th September 2026, 5:51pm by Jay Richardson Joe Wilkinson and David Earl have written a book about Wilkinson's socially awkward tendency to quip, British Comedy Guide can exclusively reveal. The Big Book of Brilliant Quips: The Daft and Hilarious Guide to Quipping…...
The importance of self-starting in comedy - BCG Pro
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (412+ words) Alec Bullett is a writer and a recent creative writing graduate from Leeds Arts University. Have you ever read stand-up material or extracts of a script in a magazine? Or a publication that centres itself around Northern comedy writers and…...
Across the Gooniverse - The Goon Show
2+ day, 16+ 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…...
Kate Dolan: Trout - Comedy Poster Awards 2026
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (61+ words) Kate Dolan: Trout British Comedy Guide The Comedy Poster Awards 2026 is sponsored by Serious About Funny Business - a marketing consultancy, newsletter and live events company promoting the value of comedy in helping businesses to improve their marketing and sales. With…...
Josh Pugh joins The Libertines for comedy series The Pete Doherty Show
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (618+ words) Wednesday 9th September 2026, 8:26am by Jay Richardson Josh Pugh has teamed up with rock star Peter Doherty for a new comedy series. The Pete Doherty Show launches on YouTube on Sunday and features the stand-up performing interviews and challenges and playing football…...
Easy money, bad schemes and British comedy
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (337+ words) Few television traditions are more reliably British than the doomed money-making scheme. For decades, sitcoms have revolved around characters convinced they are one lucky break away from success, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Modern digital culture has simply updated…...
Sam Campbell, plus Man Sings the Same Song Over and Over Again for an Hour - Mark Muldoon's Comedy Diary
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (278+ words) Is Milton Keynes ready for Sam Campbell? Before the interval, he deliberately slows things down to a testing crawl, with a fairly long-form, anti-comedy story. It's expectation management: preparation for what's to come. Staying with convention-breaking Australians, we cross now…...
5 things nobody tells you about taking a show to Edinburgh - BCG Pro
5+ day, 16+ hour ago (470+ words) Writer, producer and director Danny Stack's extensive credits include the comedy films A Cottage Christmas and Who Killed Nelson Nutmeg? and the children's sitcom Roy. With Tim Clague, he is the writer, producer and director of new stageplay Baby Brain,…...
Freddie Meredith joins SNL cast
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (227+ words) Monday 7th September 2026, 11:54am Freddie Meredith has joined the cast of Saturday Night Live UK for Series 2. The comic actor, who has previously appeared in sitcoms including Such Brave Girls, will join the 11 returning members of the inaugural cast when the live…...