"The three main components - gout, psychosis and magic!" Dan Tiernan talks about his stand-up tour, his love for the Fringe and how he started out as a dyspraxic magician.

Here is the first quiz in 2025 written by Hercules Grytpype Thynne. As always, some tough ones - so good luck! 1. What was the name of the friend of the Victoria Wood character who wore a yellow hat?

John Bishop is piloting a new BBC quiz show about guessing, British Comedy Guide can exclusively reveal. Wisdom Of The Crowd is billed as being "all about making educated guesses, think of a 'guess ...

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Extraordinary, the Disney+ comedy drama in which characters have superpowers, has been cancelled after two series. The plot is described as follows: "Ten years ago, everyone over the age of 18 got ...

Quiz 339 Kate Emmett has written many brilliant quizzes for us based around animals. Here's the final batch: they're all wild animals.

There are lots of ways to become a comedy writer, and everybody follows their own path. But here are some elements to bear in mind, particularly if you're a newer writer targeting open door topical ...

- The panel are shown a list of places beginning with "M" and are asked which is made-up. These are Messak Settafet, Meedhupparuaa, Merv, and the Mountains of Kong. Out of these it was the Mountains ...

It was the first of times, it was the worst of times. And this time we welcome Alexandra Haddow, who is about to begin her debut tour, with the show Third Party. The themes: sex and politics, the ...

New sitcom Funboys is coming to BBC Three in February, and British Comedy Guide can reveal that Jamie Demetriou is amongst the cast list. Originally piloted in 2023 as part of the BBC Comedy Short ...

Production has halted on the second series of The Completely Made-Up Adventures Of Dick Turpin, due to "a health issue with a cast member". Apple TV+ says there are now no plans for the show to return ...

Stephen Fry has said that A Bit Of Fry & Laurie finished because of his nervous breakdown. Leading to the play's early closure, his decision was initially blamed on him having an attack of stage ...