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Mel & Sue host The Generation Game Mel & Sue will present a new version of much-loved comedy game show The Generation Game on BBC One. Read |
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Romesh Ranganathan to present Richard Pryor documentary Romesh Ranganathan is to present a Sky Arts documentary about his comedy hero, American stand-up Richard Pryor. Read |
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This Country Series 2 confirmed by BBC Three BBC Three has confirmed a second series of This Country, its hit new sitcom set in a Cotswold village, starring Daisy May Cooper and Charlie Cooper. Read |
Quite possibly the best/only show about blobfish you'll ever see. Scott Barnett's debut Edinburgh Festival show blends surreal silliness with thoughtful gems of wisdom, mined from the ore of nonsense mountain. Scott Barnett: Quantumly Entangled With a Blobfish is on at Just The Tonic At The Caves at noon each day, and is a Pay What You Want show. Reserve a ticket
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Andrew Lawrence interview Ahead of the Edinburgh run of his new show, The Happy Accident Tour, we talk to Andrew Lawrence about his career, breaking the comedy industry's left-wing consensus, and politics. Read |
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Bad Mother interview Bad Mother is a new online sitcom on the theme of parenting. Writer Susie Gilmour and star Laura Patch talk about the project in this interview. Read |
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First Gig, Worst Gig: Loyiso Gola Back from Latitude and about to grace Edinburgh for a month, Loyiso Gola recalls bewildered tourists, in-the-dark comedians and one electrifying hall. Read |
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Seven Memorable Latitude Moments, 2017 Several minutes from the 2017 Latitude Festival that won't be forgotten in a hurry, from political take-downs to tear-jerking songs. Read |
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Podcasts The latest episode of Do The Right Thing has been getting rave reviews on social media (guest Chris Addison says it's his favourite thing he's ever recorded). There's also an awkward but funny reunion of Collings & Herrin in RHLSTP; more chat with Barry Cryer; and other shows. Listen |
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Horrible Histories Monday, CBBC, 5:25pm The hit sketch show continues, with each episode themed around a particular topic. This one looks at some of the world's greatest explorers, from the very first conquests of new land to Alan Shepherd venturing into space. Guide |
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8 Out Of 10 Cats Tuesday, E4, 10pm A compilation of all the best bits from the latest series. Guests across the run included Sara Pascoe, Joe Wilkinson, Tom Davis, Katherine Ryan, Jessica Knappett and Nish Kumar. Guide |
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The Windsors Wednesday, Channel 4, 10pm Kate and Wills visit Charles's traditionalist new town, Poundbury in Dorset, where Charles is unveiling another statue of himself. Guide |
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Soho Theatre Live Wednesday, Comedy Central, 10pm The first in a new series of stand-up shows recorded at London's Soho Theatre. First up is Joel Dommett, who jokes about that tape of him on the internet. Guide |
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The Mash Report Thursday, BBC Two, 10pm Nish Kumar and the team return for a second episode of the topical comedy. Last week's debut picked up some cautiously optimistic first reviews. Let's hope they can build on that momentum. Guide |
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Peter Kay's Comedy Shuffle Friday, BBC One, 9pm In the last in the second series of highlights. There's a dead body down at the Phoenix Club, John and Kayleigh have an uninvited passenger and Peter wows an audience of fifteen thousand with his shovel. Guide |
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The Last Leg Friday, Channel 4, 10pm Fawlty Towers star John Cleese joins Adam Hills, Alex Brooker and Josh Widdicombe to talk about what's going on in the world. Guide |
For a complete list of broadcasts, including repeats and radio comedy, see our full schedule.
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Here's Harry - The Complete Surviving Episodes DVD PRE-ORDER. Now inexplicably overlooked, comedian Harry Worth forged an award-winning stage and screen persona as a bumbling fusspot out of sync with a fast-changing society. The hugely popular sitcom Here's Harry (1960-65) saw him pitted against figures of petty authority in escapades aping every-day life of the era. Sadly only 11 of 60 episodes survive, but they'll be released soon. Details |
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The Riff Raff Element - The Complete Series
DVD PRE-ORDER. Celia Imrie, Ronald Pickup, Greg Wise, Trevor Peacock and Brenda Bruce are among the stars of this BAFTA-nominated comedy drama of class conflict and the North-South divide, written by Debbie Horsfield (Making Out, Cutting It and Poldark). It follows the fortunes of the Tundishes, a family of straitened aristocrats, and the Belchers, working-class Salfordians. Details |
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Sykes - The Complete Series DVD OUT NOW. This recently released complete box set includes a stonking 68 episodes - seven whole series - of the much-loved 1970s comedy starring and written by comedy legend Eric Sykes with Hattie Jacques, playing identical twins sharing a home together and getting into all manner of scrapes, usually involving snobby neighbour Mr Brown or nosey local PC, Corky Turnbull. Details |
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James Acaster's Classic Scrapes
Hardback, eBook & audiobook PRE-ORDER. James Acaster has been nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award five times in a row and has appeared on Mock The Week, Live At The Apollo, Russell Howard's Stand Up Central. Unfortunately, fame and critical acclaim haven't prevented him from ending up in a breathtaking amount of farcical misadventures... Details |
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Matt Lucas - Little Me: My Life From A-Z
Hardback, eBook & audiobook PRE-ORDER. Comedian and actor Matt Lucas is due to publish this first volume of autobiography in October; but unlike a regular bio, he's organised his alphabetically, covering subjects including his alopecia, Little Britain, Hollywood film Bridesmaids, and everything in-between. Click through for more info and a quirky teaser video from Matt, introducing the book. Details & Watch |
For more, see our full list of new releases and items coming soon.
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Come Date With Me A new dating format that's like Come Dine With Me, but with added romance. Will Susan and Brian hit it off? Watch |
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The worst things about gigs In this sketch for BBC Scotland, stand-up comedian Christopher MacArthur-Boyd contemplates the problems with live music gigs. Watch |
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Bad Mother - Babysitter In the latest episode of the online series, desperate measures are resorted to when trying to find a last minute babysitter. Watch |
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Hipster News Mary Finch brings you the latest Hipster news, featuring an interview with a man who was stranded abroad. Watch |
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Advanced 'Guess Who?' Marek Larwood, a semi-professional player of the classic game Guess Who?, gives you his tips and tricks to turn you into a top player. Watch |
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Maxxx A new three-part Comedy Blaps pilot starring O-T Fagbenle as a faded popstar. Watch |
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Summer's Gonna Last Forever Summer holidays: the expectation doesn't always match the reality. A musical sketch from the group Two Plus Ones for the Comic Relief Originals strand. Watch |
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Grey Dogs - Full Episode Even if you don't have Sky, you can now see Grey Dogs, the 10 minute short starring Vicki Pepperdine and Ellie White as the channel has put it online for free. It focuses on Alison and Anne, mother and daughter Morris dancers. Watch |
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Paul Foot Investigates... Pests (Slugs & North Korea) Paul Foot puts his magnifying glass upon Pests, both international and domestic. No stone will be left unturned, both metaphorically and literally, in this expose. Watch |
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Ill Behaviour This slick three-part comedy drama from Peep Show creator Sam Bain is now online. It's about a man who is kidnapped by his friends when he refuses chemotherapy treatment. Things start getting out-of-hand from the second episode. BBC iPlayer & Our Guide |
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Kind Hearts And Coronets The great Sir Alec Guinness plays 8 different roles in this classic Ealing comedy from 1949, alongside fellow screen icon Dennis Price, in a tale of aristocracy, family secrets and murder. One of the most celebrated comedies of post-war Ealing Studios, it's based on a satire of antisemitism, originally published in 1907. The film is available in a beautifully restored edition on both DVD and Blu-ray. Guide |
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