Weekly Newsletter |
Monday 10th September 2018 |
What is going on in the world of British comedy? Quite a bit... |
Latest Comedy News |
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Having performed with Amy Schumer and toured with Dave Chappelle, Hannibal Buress and Joel McHale, the writer for Netflix's hit series Big Mouth comes to London. Jak Knight will be at the Soho Theatre from 18th to 22nd September. Info & Tickets |
Features |
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Soupy Twists and turns
The Hows & The Whys & The D'you-Mind-If-I-Don'ts of the Fry & Laurie Archive, by their official biographer, Jem Roberts. Read |
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Network Month of Comedy: Kit Curran
With an early switch from ITV to Channel 4, we look back at Denis Lawson in mid-80s classic Kit Curran. Read
We also have a competition to win a copy of the new DVD set. |
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Top stars line up for Galway's 2018 comedy festival
The Vodafone Comedy Carnival 2018 in Galway will feature top stars including Dylan Moran, Sean Lock, Reginald D Hunter, Milton Jones, Gina Yashere, Joel Dommett and Al Murray. Read |
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Strictly 2018 interviews - Seann Walsh and Danny John-Jules
Stand-up comedian Seann Walsh and Red Dwarf star Danny John-Jules talk about appearing in Strictly Come Dancing. Read |
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Spencer Jones interview
We chat to Spencer Jones about his BBC pilot, The Mind Of Herbert Clunkerdunk, which can be seen now on BBC iPlayer. Read |
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First Gig, Worst Gig: Adam Rowe
The Liverpudlian gag-winner talks weighty material, an awkward international audience, and LFC's chances in Europe. Read |
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British Comedy Quiz #16
If you watched the sitcom Miranda you should find the first question in this week's quiz easy. Answer |
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Random 8: Marcus Brigstocke
Back with a high-concept new tour, Marcus Brigstocke talks Lucifer, London and The Lighthouse Family. Read |
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TV Listings |
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QI
Monday, BBC Two, 10pm
Danny Baker, Phill Jupitus and Hollywood star Teri Hatcher are the guests in the opening episode of Series P of the long-running panel show. Don't miss out - it's on tonight, not Friday! Guide |
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The Luke McQueen Pilots
Wednesday, BBC iPlayer; Friday, BBC One, 11:45pm
After the abortive end to his first pilot, Luke tries his hand at a comedy travelogue this week. He ropes in his Dad to join him on a trip to Amsterdam. Guide |
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Upstart Crow
Wednesday, BBC Two, 8:30pm
Will is writing The Merchant of Venice. And who better to play Shylock than Wolf Hall, a brilliant actor with some surprising views about who wrote Will's plays. Guide |
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Taskmaster
Wednesday, Dave, 9pm
In another very strong episode of the format, Phil Wang makes ogres poignant despite his eye-catching costume, Jessica Knappett beautifully mimics a funny noise and James Acaster finds various circles. Guide |
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Hang Ups
Wednesday, Channel 4, 10pm
In the last episode, clients unexpectedly turning up on the doorstep leaves Richard wondering if maybe he shouldn't have enjoyed himself quite so much at Ricky's party. Guide |
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Comedy Central At The Comedy Store
Wednesday, Comedy Central, 10:30pm
John Robins is joined by Felicity Ward, Brennan Reece and Lauren Pattison at The Comedy Store. You can see preview clips from their sets on BCG. Guide |
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A League Of Their Own
Thursday, Sky One, 9pm
David Walliams, Helen Skelton and Adam Peaty join the line-up as the ALOTO gang head to the pool. Guide |
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No Offence
Thursday, Channel 4, 9pm
Series 3 of the comedy drama about a police team. A contentious mayoral election is being fought between incumbent liberal Kashif Hassan and political underdog and local-girl-done-good Caroline McCoy. Guide |
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Sara Pascoe Vs Monogamy
Thursday, BBC Two, 9:45pm
Sara Pascoe explores the concept of monogamy in this inventive pilot. Sara's world is created through live action and animation. Guide |
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Celebrity Juice
Thursday, ITV2, 10pm
It's this panel show's 10th birthday. A full decade since Keith Lemon, Fearne Cotton and Holly Willoughby first started playing silly games! They're joined by Love Island winners Dani Dyer and Jack Fincham... plus Dani's dad, Danny Dyer. Paddy McGuinness joins his mate too. Guide |
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Mock The Week
Friday, BBC Two, 10pm
Dara O Briain and Hugh Dennis look back on another week's worth of news in the company of guests Tom Allen, Ed Byrne, Rhys James, Milton Jones and Deborah Frances-White. The latter is the 100th different guest to appear on the format. Guide |
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The Jonathan Ross Show
Saturday, ITV, 9:40pm
Martin Clunes, sprinter Dina Asher-Smith, Josh Groban, Keith Lemon and musician Hozier are the line-up for Jonathan Ross to chat to this weekend. Guide |
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The Imitation Game
Sunday, ITV, 10:05pm
Rory Bremner and Debra Stephenson are joined by fellow impressionists Jan Ravens and Anil Desai. The Terminator as reimagined by primary school kids is amongst the content. Guide |
For a complete list of broadcasts, including repeats and radio comedy, see our full schedule. |
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Denis Lawson stars in The Kit Curran Radio Show, the fondly-remembered mid-1980s sitcom by Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin, creators of Drop The Dead Donkey and Outnumbered. Both series following the scheming radio DJ, wannabe superstar and shoestring entrepreneur - plus his long-suffering associates, Les Toms and Damien Appleby - are out on DVD from today. Details |
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Flowers - Series 2 DVD
PRE-ORDER. The critically acclaimed Flowers unfurls for a second series, this time set in the bloom of summer. Will Sharpe's darkly imaginative, heartfelt and cinematic Flowers sees the return of the well-meaning Deborah (Olivia Colman), her depressive husband Maurice (Julian Barratt), their maladjusted adult twin children Amy and Donald and the rest of this dysfunctional ensemble. Details |
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Joe Lycett's Obsessions Audiobook
PRE-ORDER. Joe Lycett explores the nation's weird and wonderful obsessions by getting to know a selection of famous and not so famous guests in the first series of his new radio series, broadcast earlier in the summer on Radio 4. Details |
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Minder - The Complete Collection DVD
PRE-ORDER.
The legendary George Cole plays Arthur Daley, a man synonymous with dodgy goods and shady deals and who knew a 'nice little earner' when he saw one, hires Terry McCann (Dennis Waterman) to be his 'Minder' to protect him from other small time crooks.
Rediscover all 10 original series - running from 1979 to 1994 - in all of their glory, in this 33-disc box set. Details |
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Tiff Stevenson - Mad Man Download
OUT NOW. What makes a person? Ideas, labels, sexuality or even slogan t-shirts? Products are anthropomorphised and the cult of personality reigns supreme. Are we being sold our identity? Tiff Stevenson's critically acclaimed show Mad Man was in the Top 25 best reviewed shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2015. Details |
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The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy - Special Edition Blu-ray & DVD
PRE-ORDER. For the first time, discover the meaning of life with newly re-mastered episodes in 5.1 surround sound - and a frankly astonishing list of extras totalling more than 5 and a half hours. All six episodes of the cult hit TV sitcom have also been upscaled to HD resolution: don't expect usual crisp Blu-ray/HD quality, but it'll be a big improvement on the existing DVD. Details |
For more, see our full list of new releases and items coming soon.
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Comedy Videos |
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The Ghost Of Peter Sellers - Trailer
In 1973 Peter Sellers embarked on a pirate comedy for Columbia Pictures. He lost confidence with the film immediately and tried to sabotage it, firing the Producers then turning on his friend the Director, Peter Medak. This film documentary by Medak will tell that story. Watch
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Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story - Trailer
The trailer for the documentary film about how Manchester native Chris Sievey worked as his loveably anarchic creation Frank Sidebottom. Watch |
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Bob's Answerphone
Call 07897101635, leave a message for Bob, and your voice might appear in the next edition of this web series created by Darren Dutton. Check out Episode 3 here: Watch |
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Berks
Two friends meet before one of them heads on a date. We hope to see more of these characters, as there's clearly chemistry between them. Watch |
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The Champ
An insight into the training regime of elite athlete Cynthia as she embarks on her journey to the world championships. Watch |
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Modern Horror Stories - Next Level Facebook Stalking
The latest episode of this Comedy Central sketch show takes a look into the background checks of Tinder dating. Watch |
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Anna And The Apocalypse - Trailer
Music. Christmas. Zombies. Watch the official trailer for Anna and the Apocalypse and see why critics are calling it "Shaun of the Dead meets La La Land"! Watch |
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Frolic
Woman falls in love. Then Woman sees the dog of her dreams... Watch |
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The Favourite - Extended trailer
Olivia Colman has been named best actress at the Venice Film Festival for her role as the frail and volatile Queen Anne in this forthcoming movie. Watch |
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Guide Spotlight |
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The Crouches
Dating from 2003, this largely forgotten sitcom focused on the Crouches, an extended three-generational family living in south east London. One of the few sitcoms to feature an all-black central character line-up, it starred Robbie Gee and Jo Martin, with sitcom legend Rudolph Walker and prolific character actor Mona Hammond. Other regulars across the two series on BBC One include Danny John-Jules, Don Warrington and Jimmy Akingbola. Guide |
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