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- Comedy Chronicles
- Comedy Rewind
- Novelty Jukebox
- First Gig, Worst Gig
- Random 8
- Circuit Training. Si Hawkins
- Rogue Pun
- Balls Etc
- The British Comedy Quiz
Comedy Rewind: Into the world of Filthy Rich & Catflap
Sunday 12th November 2023
Regularly overlooked between sitcom titans The Young Ones and Bottom, we revisit 1987's showbiz-puncturing Elton-Mayall-Edmondson comedy stepping-stone, Filthy Rich & Catflap.
Balls Etc: Dear England's Will Close on becoming Harry Kane
Saturday 11th November 2023
He's taking the West End by storm - as a tragi-comic Harry Kane. Will Close reveals how he filled the boots of the England captain.
John Robins, Soho Theatre India double bill: Urooj Ashfaq, Abishek & Nirmal - Mark Muldoon's Comedy Diary
Friday 10th November 2023
Our live comedy columnist reports back as John Robins tackles his alcoholism and anxiety in his new tour show Howl. Plus Soho Theatre India present a double bill: Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer winner Urooj Ashfaq and Instagram stars Abishek Kumar and Nirmal Pillai.
Sue Perkins introduces A Housefly Buzzes In The Key Of F book
Thursday 9th November 2023
Here's the foreword Nature Table host Sue Perkins has written for the book A Housefly Buzzes In The Key Of F, followed by an extract in which we learn more about South American Giant Ants.
Esther Manito, Simon Wozniak, Jamie Hutchinson - Bobby Carroll's Comedy Diary
Wednesday 8th November 2023
This month Esther Manito makes Bobby's date night while Simon Wozniak and Jamie Hutchinson really excel at The Stand in Edinburgh.
Tom Allen, Bernie Dieter's Club Kabarett + new Soho venue Underbelly Boulevard - Mark Muldoon's Comedy Diary
Wednesday 8th November 2023
There's a new venue in town: Underbelly Boulevard has opened in London's Soho district and the wild Bernie Dieter's Club Kabarett is the inaugural performance. Live comedy columnist Mark Muldoon reports back on both show and venue. Plus: hometown glory! Tom Allen returns to Bromley in order to discuss the fact he's finally moved out of his parent's house (also in Bromley).
British Comedy Quiz #279
Wednesday 8th November 2023
Topics this time include To The Manor Born, Miranda, Old Mother Riley and Wallace & Gromit.
Interview with Dad's Army: The Animations director Charles Norton
Tuesday 7th November 2023
Charles Norton, director of Dad's Army: The Animations, talks us through the process of bringing the series to life.
Random 8: Lady Clementine
Tuesday 7th November 2023
Deigning to grace Soho with her presence, Lady Clementine recalls a ghastly hat and a ghostly sewer.
Comedy Chronicles: Choosing Tewson - A star of the second row
Sunday 5th November 2023
Josephine Tewson is perhaps best remembered as Hyacinth Bucket's flustered next-door neighbour Elizabeth, but her comic talent - and breadth of contributions - go far wider and far deeper.