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Louis Paxton on bringing Calamity James to the screen for the BBC

Wednesday 31st May 2023

Edinburgh-based writer and director Louis Paxton talks about bringing Calamity James, the first adaptation of a Beano character for adult audiences, to the screen as part of the BBC Comedy Short Films strand.

My Family. Image shows from L to R: Abi Harper (Siobhan Hayes), Janey Harper (Daniela Denby-Ashe), Michael Harper (Gabriel Thomson), Susan Harper (Zoë Wanamaker), Ben Harper (Robert Lindsay)

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British Comedy Quiz #256

Wednesday 31st May 2023

This time: The Thin Blue Line, Barbara Windsor, My Family, French And Saunders, Not Going Out, and more.

Brown Girls Do It Too. Image shows left to right: Rubina Pabani, Poppy Jay

Live

Brown Girls Do It Too, Rhys James, Fin Taylor - Mark Muldoon's Comedy Diary

Tuesday 30th May 2023

Our live comedy columnist heads off to see the provocative Fin Taylor, as well as former Mock The Week regular Rhys James. Plus, the British Asian sexperience comes under the spotlight in Brown Girls Do It Too.

Image shows left to right: Ellen Montoya, Letty Butler

Live

Random 8: Ellen Turnill Montoya & Letty Butler from The Big Pitch

Tuesday 30th May 2023

As they prepare for The Big Pitch, Ellen Turnill Montoya and Letty Butler talk tasty bugs, witchy mums and a swimming trunk faux pas.

The Des O'Connor Show. Des O'Connor. Credit: Associated Television

Celebrating Des O'Connor

Monday 29th May 2023

Marking sixty years since it first aired, we look at the sketch-led variety series The Des O'Connor Show and its eponymous host's long career supporting and championing comic talent.

Thick As Thieves. Image shows from L to R: Stan (John Thaw), Annie (Pat Ashton), George Dobbs (Bob Hoskins). Copyright: London Weekend Television

Features

Comedy Rewind: Stealing a laugh - Revisiting Thick As Thieves

Sunday 28th May 2023

In this week's Comedy Rewind, we take a look back at Thick As Thieves, the criminal comedy that Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais penned before Porridge.

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. Image shows left to right: Zaphod Beeblebrox (Sam Rockwell), Humma Kavula (John Malkovich), Arthur Dent (Martin Freeman), Ford Prefect (Mos Def), Trillian (Zooey Deschanel)

Film

Exploring The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy film

Thursday 25th May 2023

It's Towel Day, so an ideal time for two new in-depth articles looking at the 'development hell' that the movie version of Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy went through.