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About The British Comedy Guide
Welcome to The British Comedy Guide (aka BCG / Comedy.co.uk) - a vast reference website devoted to the world of British comedy, both past and present. Created by fans for fans, this site contains hundreds of thousands of pages packed full of information, opinion and detail, plus plenty to entertain: to read, hear and watch.
The ultimate intention of this website is to be a definitive guide to every British film, television and radio comedy to have been produced, plus to have 100% coverage of all the live events happening around the country. We like to dream big! We'll might not make it (many early productions were either never recorded or have been lost, for example), but we'll do our best with everything else.
Here are just a small selection of the things you can find on this website:
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Detailed information about many British TV, radio and film comedies (new and old). We aim for 100% coverage of all current TV & radio, and are working through the archive. |
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Our features section contains plenty to read and watch, including the latest videos, competitions, feature articles and interviews with actors, writers & comedians. |
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Check out our news area to read about the latest significant developments in the world of British comedy. We are first to many stories and carry a number of exclusives. |
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The 'Live' section of our site features reviews, news, previews and interviews from the UK's vibrant comedy club circuit and theatres. |
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Our forums are full of lively discussion about British comedy shows, and a useful sharing resource for those that have got something to ask or say. |
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We are busy building up a catalogue of DVDs and other items related to British comedy shows and comedians - search the database to find items of interest. |
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An area of our website for those interested in making comedy, whether it be performing, writing, producing or directing. Tips, insight, opportunities and more. |
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The BCG is now known as one of the UK's most prolific independent podcast publishers. We distribute a number of funny shows for free, and are often in the iTunes charts. |
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We also operate outside of Comedy.co.uk. Get our popular newsletters in your inbox, receive daily news and DVD updates via Twitter, and 'Like' us on Facebook |
We'd like to thank you for visiting The British Comedy Guide. We hope you find our site useful and interesting, and will come back as we continue to add new features.
If you have any comments, questions or feedback do please get in touch
Background
The British Comedy Guide started life in 2003 as a small website called The British Sitcom Guide. Back then we consisted of just a few brief amateur pages about Fawlty Towers, Blackadder and a few other sitcoms. In the decade since, and with the help of numerous contributors, it has grown into the beast you see before you now.
Mark founded the website, and still acts as the day-to-day Editor. However, he doesn't work alone. Co-editor Aaron looks after many areas of the site and heads up all archive comedy coverage; and Ian offers invaluable assistance, primarily as curator of our TV & radio schedule.
We also have a team of regular columnists, including Si Hawkins, Anna Lowman and Jay Richardson - plus an extremely generous group of volunteers who have contributed guides to older comedies. If you'd like to get involved, do please find out more about how to contribute
RSS Feeds
This is a geeky section for those that wish to use RSS to follow what we're up to...
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A feed from the news section of our website. Get the latest comedy-related news. |
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The latest features on our website - interviews, competitions, articles and more. |
RSS feeds for our Podcasts, Blogs and Columns can be found via the appropriate sections of this site. If you're looking to follow something in particular, we might be able to create a custom feed for you.
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See Also
The British Film Collection
A look at the impresive Spring & Summer 2013 comedy titles from The British Film DVD collection. Read
Mock The Week - Series 12
Mock The Week will be back in June - and will now be filmed in HD. Here's details on what to expect. Read
Video: Mr Nazi
Did you used to read the Mr Men books? If so, do you remember the adventures of bad Mr Nazi? Watch
Video: Bad Date
A BBC Comedy sketch. Ever been on a bad date? Ever dated a dog? This committed Christian has... Watch
Father Ted - Every Drink
A video featuring every utterance of the word 'drink' in Father Ted. Try and keep count - it's hard! Watch
Galton & Simpson honoured
Celebrated writing duo Ray Galton and Alan Simpson are to be honoured with a blue plaque unveiling in June. Read
Look Of Love interviews
A video of the cast of The Look Of Love, including star Steve Coogan, talking about the new Soho-set film. Watch
What We Did On Our Holiday
Billy Connolly and Ben Miller are amongst the cast for the new film by the writers of Outnumbered. Read
Some Girls - Series 2
A second series of BBC Three sitcom Some Girls is now being filmed. Find out what is in store here: Read
Jessie Cave's book club
Unique performance comedian Jessie Cave provides a guide to how to host a book club. Well, sort of. Read
Lee Evans Monsters tour
Lee Evans has announced Monsters, a 51 date arena tour which will kick off in August 2014. More info here: Read
Paul Abbott's new show
Channel 4 has commissioned No Offence, a Victorian police comedy from Shameless creator Paul Abbott. Read
Fresh Meat - Series 3
More information on the 3rd series of Channel 4's uni comedy Fresh Meat, which begins filming in June. Read
Watson & Oliver: Eurovision
Watson & Oliver have a last minute song entry for the Eurovision song contest. Here's the video: Watch
Horrible Histories new film
The cast of Horrible Histories are going to star in Bill, a new comedy film about William Shakespeare. Read