4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (516+ words) ExclusiveThursday 10th September 2026, 5:51pm by Jay Richardson Joe Wilkinson and David Earl have written a book about Wilkinson's socially awkward tendency to quip, British Comedy Guide can exclusively reveal. The Big Book of Brilliant Quips: The Daft and Hilarious Guide to Quipping…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (412+ words) Alec Bullett is a writer and a recent creative writing graduate from Leeds Arts University. Have you ever read stand-up material or extracts of a script in a magazine? Or a publication that centres itself around Northern comedy writers and…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (512+ words) Highly surreal radio adventures that helped take British comedy into a new age. Starring Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe. Also features Michael Bentine. I've always liked old comedy. And then, on a Saturday in 1988, quite by chance, I…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (61+ words) Kate Dolan: Trout British Comedy Guide The Comedy Poster Awards 2026 is sponsored by Serious About Funny Business - a marketing consultancy, newsletter and live events company promoting the value of comedy in helping businesses to improve their marketing and sales. With…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (337+ words) Few television traditions are more reliably British than the doomed money-making scheme. For decades, sitcoms have revolved around characters convinced they are one lucky break away from success, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Modern digital culture has simply updated…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (61+ words) Derek Mitchell: Work in Progress comedy.co.uk The Comedy Poster Awards 2026 is sponsored by Serious About Funny Business - a marketing consultancy, newsletter and live events company promoting the value of comedy in helping businesses to improve their marketing and…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (280+ words) The 79th Edinburgh Festival Fringe closed last month, with performers from over 70 countries involved. Based on the number of performances British Comedy Guide logged, the scale of comedy at the festival is certainly undiminished, however the economics underneath the festival remain…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (197+ words) TV format in which Greg Davies and Alex Horne set a group of comedians various outlandish challenges. Also features Romesh Ranganathan, Frank Skinner, Roisin Conaty, Josh Widdicombe, Tim Key and more. It's becoming increasingly hard to remember the last time…...

2+ week, 8+ hour ago   (194+ words) Monday 31st August 2026, 12:07pm The final of 2026's Edinburgh Fringe Comedian of the Year contest took place last night, with US comic Jamie Wolf taking home the title. From five international finalists, he was voted as victor by a live audience and…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (921+ words) It was the first of times, it was the worst of times. This time we meet Aarian Mehrabani, co-founder of the FlawBored theatre company, soon to be seen in David Baddiel's new Channel 4 show Hunting Alice Bell, and currently at…...