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Monday 14th November 2022 |
Latest comedy news
I Talk Telly Awards nominations revealed
Nominations have been announced for the 2022 awards of television news and blog site I Talk Telly.
Tim Vine announces new tour Breeeep!
Tim Vine is going back on the road from April 2023 with new stand-up tour Breeeep!.
Simon Munnery to tour Trials And Tribulations in 2023
Simon Munnery will be back on tour with his brand new stand-up show Trials and Tribulations in 2023.
Emmanuel Sonubi announces first live tour
Emancipated has been announced as the first live tour from comedian Emmanuel Sonubi. He'll be on the road through April and May 2023.
Alan Carr making ITV sitcom Changing Ends
Alan Carr has written and stars in Changing Ends, an ITV sitcom based upon his adolescence growing up gay in Northampton, while his father was manager of the local football club.
Rosie Jones announces national tour
Stand-up comedian Rosie Jones has announced her first UK-wide tour, Triple Threat.
Dan Tiernan wins BBC New Comedy Awards 2022
Dan Tiernan has won the BBC New Comedy Awards 2022.
Last Of The Summer Wine actor Tom Owen dies aged 73
Tom Owen, who played Tom Simmonite in Last Of The Summer Wine, has died aged 73.
Jon & Lucy's Christmas Sleepover returns to Channel 4
Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont's Christmas Sleepover is returning to Channel 4 for a second year, with the couple being joined by Romesh Ranganathan, Tom Allen and Judi Love.
Bad Sisters to return for Series 2
Apple TV+ has announced that Sharon Horgan's comedy drama Bad Sisters will return for a second series.
Leslie Phillips dies aged 98
Comic actor and screen icon Leslie Phillips has died at the age of 98.
Lee Mack to host Royal Variety Performance 2022
Lee Mack will host the Royal Variety Performance 2022. Al Murray, Maisie Adam, Omid Djalili and Axel Blake will also perform on the show.
Dane Buckley wins Beat The Frog World Series 2022 competition
Dane Buckley has won Beat The Frog World Series 2022, the stand-up competition run by Manchester's Frog And Bucket comedy club. Amy Webber was the runner-up, with the special panel prize going to Rich Spalding.
FYI
Plus: Now filming: ITV comedy drama Significant Other; Joe Lycett launches LGBT campaign against David Beckham and his TV show Got Your Back is to return for a Christmas special; Laura Lexx hosts Radio 4 stand-up showcase; and Liz Kingsman joins Parisian comedy series Icon of French Cinema.
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Features
Comedy Rewind: Robin's hood - Meeting the Man About The House
You'll have heard about it, but have you ever watched it? One of the most popular sitcoms of the 1970s, Man About The House was hugely successful and has a significant impact to this day - on both sides of the Atlantic.
Jack Spring introduces Three Day Millionaire
New film Three Day Millionaire follows a group of fishermen in Grimsby who set about spending their wages in three days. But it's only after spending it all that they discover they're not going to be re-boarding their ship to head back out and earn a fresh pay packet. Director Jack Spring introduces the project in this article.
Rogue Pun: Fanboy lands in London to probe the enduring needs of nerds
The award-winning writer/performer Joe Sellman-Leava is particularly interested in why we cling so tightly to our joysticks and lightsabres.
First Gig, Worst Gig: Tom Mayhew
Dog! Music! Sweary drunk! Tom Mayhew recalls one stand-up heat that left him cold.
Dad's Army quiz
The last Dad's Army quiz we did proved so popular that we've launched a second, last week marking exactly 45 years since the conclusion of the sitcom's ninth and final series.
Random 8: Poppy Hillstead
Back with a new series of her popular podcast, Poppy Hillstead reveals a Scooby Don't and the Britpop secret in her closet.
TV listings
Frankie Boyle's New World Order
Frankie Boyle will be on screen tomorrow night with Rob Delaney, Susie McCabe, Jamali Maddix and Kiri Pritchard-McLean.
Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains
In the last in the series, Sarah Callaghan, Josh Jones and Naga Munchetty reflect on their teenage years, with one loving New Kids on the Block and another obsessed with firelighters.
Rob And Romesh Vs
In this special edition the boys meet the stars of the England men's football team ahead of their bid to win the World Cup. As well as hanging out with the England stars, they will also meet the mastermind behind England's renaissance, Gareth Southgate.
Don't Hate The Playaz
Jordan Stephens hosts the music contest, with Oti Mabuse, Kojey Radical and Snoochie Shy joining Maya Jama and Lady Leshurr in rap battles, dance-offs and karaoke challenges.
Two Doors Down
Michelle is off out so Beth and Eric are looking after Alan, who is laid up on the sofa in a surgical boot and struggling to fend for himself after an accident.
Outsiders
Series 2 of the challenge show in which David Mitchell sets comedians tasks. Maisie Adam, Fatiha El-Ghorri, Darren Harriott, Jessica Hynes, Phil Wang and Joe Wilkinson compete across the six episodes.
The Scotts
Series 2 of the Scottish sitcom. There's a new baby on the way and Collette and Darren are buzzing. So they invite all the family over for a gender reveal party - because they are classy like that.
Taskmaster
Episode 8. Dara O Briain gets visibly frustrated with John Kearns; Fern Brady and Munya Chawawa look to a rare tiger to bring them some much-needed luck; and Sarah Millican does something clever with her hand.
Jamie & Harry's World Cup Challenge: Got, Got Need
In the final episode, Jamie visits Robbie Keane, Thierry Henry and Andrea Pirlo, before Harry arranges a meeting with two legendary England defenders to complete his set of players.
Fantasy Football League
Matt Lucas and Elis James host the comedy chat show, with Jaime Winstone and Lady Leshurr joining to talk about the week in football and share their fantasy teams.
The Horne Section TV Show
It's already on All4, but this is the start of the TV run of this new sitcom from Alex Horne, in which he plays a fictionalised version of himself alongside his band. Having been granted permission by Greg Davies (who guest stars), he wants to be the leading man of a new late-night music chat show.
The Russell Howard Hour
Russell Howard is on air again. It's too early to say what'll be on the show yet - the news will dictate the plans, as ever.
QI
Sandi Toksvig, Hannah Waddingham, Desiree Burch, Jason Manford, and regular panellist Alan Davies look at animals that begin with the letter 'T'.
The Last Leg
Another series of the topical show. Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker are set to be joined in this opener by Peter Crouch, AJ Odudu and Rose Ayling-Ellis.
The Big Narstie Show
Joining Big Narstie and Mo Gilligan this time are Stephen Graham, Paul Mescal, Aisling Bea and social media sensation Nella Rose.
Blankety Blank
Bradley Walsh is joined by Shirley Ballas, HRVY, Gabby Logan, Chris McCausland, Michelle Visage and Chris Kamara.
The Jonathan Ross Show
Katherine Ryan is set to appear this weekend. Craig David and Mercury Prize-nominated Wet Leg have also been booked.
The Larkins
The Larkins do all they can to get Pop out of prison. To keep his spirits up, Mariette tells him he is going to be grandfather but swears him to secrecy. Ma is surprised by an about-turn from a conflicted Norma Norman.
For a complete list of TV and radio broadcasts, including repeats, see our full schedule.
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Joe Lycett - More, More, More! How Do You Lycett? How Do You Lycett?Having toured the UK to sell-out audiences, this critically acclaimed, much-talked-about show can now be enjoyed in the comfort of your own home. For the last four years (the very right wing artist formerly known as Hugo Boss) Joe Lycett has been working on a stunt which involved infuriating MPs, led to headlines around the world and to Mummy getting in trouble with the police (again). Dropping not-so-subtle hints about the stunt in media appearances and concocting fictional characters to mask his endeavours, More, More, More! How Do You Lycett? How Do You Lycett? reveals all about Joe's scheming, and comes stuffed with jokes, paintings, potty-mouthed gardening updates and much more. |
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Capital GainsJulius Hutch (Peter Jones) has planned to spend his retirement years 'pottering' and worrying about his bills, but wakes one morning to discover a foreign merchant bank has put four million pounds into his account - and won't take it back. So Julius, a humble man, sets out to spend the money helping other people, and wooing Pauline, the local bank teller. Up against an enormous banking corporation and an unsavoury property developer, Julius soon discovers that rather than being crushed by these financial giants as he would have been in the past, he is rendered rather more delightfully impervious by his new-found wealth. A comedy about family, late-in-life romance, environmentalism and justice against faceless conglomerates, Capital Gains is written in letters, speeches and emails between friends, lovers and enemies. Perhaps the little man may just triumph at last... |
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Keeping Up Appearances - The Complete CollectionThis is the complete series of Keeping Up Appearances, where you can witness Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced Bouquet, don't you know), and her long-suffering husband Richard, impressing and distressing their family and neighbours. "Daddy" is still fighting the Second World War and regularly causes havoc with his antics, Richard fights daily against early retirement, and sister Daisy and brother-in-law Onslow cause our house-proud Mrs Bouquet much embarrassment and humiliation. Featuring every episode of the entire series in an 8-disc box set, this BBC comedy is one fantastic 40-episode package, including ALL the Christmas specials! So come in for a Darjeeling tea and visit our heroine Hyacinth Bucket as she fights the ever declining moral of fabric Britain... just whatever you do... don't brush against her walls! |
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Tales From The Mausoleum ClubAn all-star cast attend a mysterious private club in this parody of classic horror tales. Membership of the exclusive Mausoleum Club isn't for the faint of heart. The Honourable Clarence Green wants in, but to join he must first hear the spine-chilling stories of the existing members, before enthralling them with one of his own. But are their stories fact or fiction? And will Green still want to join after hearing the horrors they have to tell? A brilliantly unexpected and macabre comedy series parodying classic Victorian stories in episodes such as A Study In Starlets, The Turn Of The Knob and The Pet And The Pendulum, Tales From The Mausoleum Club brings to life strange tales of mystery objects, spooky country mansions, West Country paganism and unholy animal projects. This creepy collection of thirteen episodes features stars such as Stephen Fry, Terence Stamp, Timothy Spall, Andrew Sachs, Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent, Roy Hudd, Miranda Richardson, Martin Jarvis and Spike Milligan. |
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Ticket To ParadiseAcademy Award winners George Clooney and Julia Roberts reunite on the big screen as exes who find themselves on a shared mission to stop their lovestruck daughter from making the same mistake they once made. From Working Title, Smokehouse Pictures and Red Om Films, Ticket To Paradise is a romantic comedy about the sweet surprise of second chances. |
For more, see our full list of new releases and items coming soon.
Comedy videos
We Are Not Alone - Trailer
Set six weeks after the aliens have invaded and completely conquered Earth, We Are Not Alone is a brand new 90-minute scripted comedy coming to Dave on Monday 28th November.
Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable - Outtakes & Bloopers
Wardrobe malfunctions, flubbed lines, and more all featured in Series 3 of Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable.
Ghosted - Trailer
Trailer for a new, independent comedy film coming soon. After yet another break up, struggling actress Mercy just wants to find a rebound guy to help her move on. Until she meets American architect Blake, who is everything that she has ever wanted in a man. The question is does her want her too?
Carpool Kareoke
A weird episode of the format.
Ghosts - Series 4 outtakes
Did someone request a... Ghosts boo'per reel? Here's the highlights from the most recent series.
My Great Funeral Movie
A short film. Adam Bernet's last wish was for his funeral guests to watch a special video he made, reenacting his final, gruesome, moments on Earth.
Jazz Emu: How To Seduce Your Crush
A demonstration of how to seduce someone.
Spotlight
Dr. Willoughby
From 1999, this is a curious example of a meta-comedy: set within the world of television itself, it follows the egotistical star of a fictional ITV daytime medical soap. Joanna Lumley plays actress Donna Sinclair - Dr Willoughby herself - with a supporting cast including Brian Protheroe and Isobel Middleton. The sitcom ran for a single series (on ITV for real), and is a fascinating (if not always quite laugh-out-loud funny) slice of the TV comedy landscape of almost 25 years ago, still attempting to appeal to a broad spectrum of viewers but also push boundaries of style and format.
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