Dear Reader,
Checking into a mental clinic wasn't exactly on my radar in 2022. Writing about it wasn't either. But here we are.
I spent a lifetime trying to create a 'front' to give everyone the illusion that all is well. It wasn't, and it isn't. Now I look...
Sandi Toksvig's first four series as host of the popular satirical comedy show.
Taking over The News Quiz chair from Simon Hoggart, comedian and broadcaster Sandi Toksvig steps up to the plate to lead the intrepid panellists in a round-up of the biggest (and smallest) news stories of 2006 and...
Three series of the award-winning satirical panel game, chaired by Sandi Toksvig.
These 25 episodes take us through the highlights and lowlights of 2008, a year dominated by the global financial crisis and the US presidential race between Barack Obama and John McCain.
Scrutinising stories both world-shaking and whimsical are...
Frank Skinner hosts the series where a celebrity panel delve into the bizarre world of online shopping.
Everyone has an online life, and when the great British public put pen to keyboard to leave a review, they almost always write something hilarious. One Person Found This Helpful is the panel...
Solti Buttering (Liam Hourican) is on a road trip to scatter his grandfathers' ashes in the Wild West (of Wales). Finding everywhere closed, he stumbles across La Cha Cha, a holiday park with a community of retired characters, living off grid and having the time of their lives. He soon...
In this wild and incredible tale, young Bella Baxter (Emma Stone) is brought back to life by a brilliant and unorthodox scientist. Eager to learn and hungry for the worldliness she lacks, Bella runs off on an adventure that inspires in her a fantastical evolution leading to a fierce dedication...
Joyce Grenfell in her own words and through the eyes of Maureen Lipman.
Joyce Grenfell was one of the last century's greatest entertainers, renowned worldwide for her monologues, songs, and comic writing. Her career spanned over 30 years, ranging from wartime tours to solo stage shows, films such as the...
Clive Anderson hosts the comedy panel game that fancies itself as an intelligent quiz.
Ostensibly a quickfire quiz, The Guessing Game is really a show that pushes facts aside in favour of flights of fancy and rewards the funniest, luckiest and most bizarre guesses. The premise is simple: host Clive...
During a long hot summer in south London, Jamie is bunking off school more than usual, scurrying back to the TV and the flat in the Thamesmead estate where he lives with his mother Sandra, whilst his neighbour Leah, who's been kicked out of school, spends her days listening to...
The Comedy Man is a 1964 British kitchen sink comedy drama directed by Alvin Rakoff, featuring a performance from Kenneth More critics hailed as his finest work. With a superior supporting cast in Cecil Parker, Dennis Price and Billie Whitelaw, The Comedy Man depicts the life of a struggling actor...