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Spymonkey. Image shows left to right: Aitor Basauri, Toby Park. Credit: Barbara Pálffy Pro

Spymonkey: Why the frogs?

Wednesday 17th January 2024

Physical comedy ensemble Spymonkey are set to bring Aristophanes' classic The Frogs to audiences in Northampton and London. Artistic director Toby Park explains why there is no better way to look at the nature of how comedy works than having a crack at the classics...

The Unfriend. Image shows left to right: Sarah Alexander, Frances Barber, Lee Mack. Credit: Manuel Harlan Live

Tatty MacLeod, Dan Tiernan, The Unfriend starring Lee Mack - Mark Muldoon's Comedy Diary

Wednesday 17th January 2024

Steven Moffat, Mark Gatiss, Lee Mack, Sarah Alexander and Frances Barber unite for another West End run of The Unfriend. Plus: Viral video star Tatty MacLeod and BBC New Comedy Award winner Dan Tiernan.

Stella Street. Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions Quiz

British Comedy Quiz #289

Wednesday 17th January 2024

This quiz covers all kind of topics. Prepare to be questioned on, amongst other things, Dudley Moore, Reg Varney, St. Oggs, La Bamba and Yesterday's Jam.

Young Hyacinth. Hyacinth (Kerry Howard). Copyright: BBC Pro

Snobbery and sitcoms

Tuesday 16th January 2024

There can be a good deal of snobbery towards sitcoms - and comedy in general. Here's why you should ignore it.

Susie McCabe. Copyright: Off The Kerb Live

Susie McCabe / Fred MacAulay / Martin Urbano - Bobby Carroll's Live Comedy Diary

Tuesday 16th January 2024

This month Bobby sees the bells in with the cream of Scottish comedy playing an awkward ballroom and then gets down and dirty with a satire of a disgraced comedian.

Big Comedy Conference 2023. Image shows left to right: Claire Jones, Clelia Mountford, Michelle Farr-Scott Pro

Big Comedy Conference video: Producers

Monday 15th January 2024

Anna Morris talks to comedy producers Michelle Farr-Scott, Claire Jones and Clelia Mountford about how TV and radio comedy is discovered and made, and more besides.

Bad Education. Image shows left to right: Hoburn (Vicki Pepperdine), Stephen (Layton Williams), Mitchell (Charlie Wernham), Fraser (Mathew Horne). Credit: BBC, Tiger Aspect Productions, Jackpot Productions TV

Bad Education Series 5 interview

Sunday 14th January 2024

The stars of Bad Education talk about the fifth series of the show. Plus, co-creator Jack Whitehall and writer and director Freddy Syborn discuss how the format continues to evolve.

Big Boys. Image shows left to right: Jack (Dylan Llewellyn), Corinne (Izuka Hoyle), Danny (Jon Pointing), Yemi (Olisa Odele) TV

Boy Boys Series 2 interview

Sunday 14th January 2024

Jack Rooke talks about writing the second series of Big Boys, and we hear from cast members Dylan Llewellyn, Jon Pointing, Izuka Hoyle and Olisa Odele.

Kenneth Williams Features

Comedy Chronicles: A touch of the Gogols: When Kenneth Williams read Russian literature

Sunday 14th January 2024

It might have been somewhat surprising at the time, but now, looking back at it, it seems quite an apt connection: a diarist drawn to a diary. The diarist in question was Kenneth Williams, and the diary was Nikolai Gogol's Diary of a Madman.

Blackadder. Image shows left to right: Baldrick (Tony Robinson), Mr. Edmund Blackadder, Esquire (Rowan Atkinson). Credit: BBC Pro

Bosses, strivers, fools and foils: Getting the character dynamic right in your script

Friday 12th January 2024

Comedy coach and director Chris Head offers a model to help you get a strong, funny dynamic between the central characters in your sitcom or comedy drama script.

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