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British Comedy Quiz #230
Wednesday 23rd November 2022
This time: Dave Allen's missing digit, Victoria Wood and Julie Walters characters, some Sykes questions, Field Marshal Haig, and more.
Random 8: Rosie Wilby
Tuesday 22nd November 2022
Sex toys, barbecue swimming and Superdog: Rosie Wilby takes the ultimate eight-question test.
Video: Writers' Guild panel on comedy writing
Monday 21st November 2022
A video of a Writers' Guild of Great Britain panel in which Lucy Porter talks to Lee Ridley, Jack Rooke, Amna Saleem and Steve Canny about topics including gaining a foothold in the comedy writing business.
Wordy tribute celebrates Golden Age talents in BBC's centenary year
Monday 21st November 2022
Three actors, one script and dozens of names! The Golden Age of British Comedy is honoured in the first of six audio instalments.
Rogue Pun: Die Hard with a Rhyming Sentence
Monday 21st November 2022
As he takes the brilliant Yippee Ki Yay around the UK, we ask Richard Marsh: how did a poet end up doing Die Hard?
Comedy Chronicles: Michael Bentine - A Goon who should not be forgotten
Sunday 20th November 2022
In his centenary year, Comedy Chronicles addresses the remarkable and often-overlooked legacy and career of the multi-talented, fascinating Michael Bentine, co-creator of The Goon Show.
Here's A Funny Thing: Channel 4
Sunday 20th November 2022
Forty years since it was broadcast - during Channel 4's first month on air - we look at its production of Here's A Funny Thing, a hit one-man stage play about legendary music hall comic Max Miller.
My Comedy Career: Rupert Majendie
Friday 18th November 2022
Producer Rupert Majendie has a CV that includes hit live comedy shows, the film Brian And Charles and TV shows include Pls Like, This Time With Alan Partridge and King Gary. We caught up with him as he prepares to launch his next series, Live At The Moth Club.
British Comedy Quiz #229
Wednesday 16th November 2022
The Vicar Of Dibley, The Darling Buds Of May, Julian Clary and Brass Eye are mentioned this week... but who is Frederick Fowell?