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Website about UK comedy. www.comedy.co.uk
The shortlists for our TV and radio awards were revealed this afternoon. Click through to see which shows made it to the final round, and to vote for your favourites.
www.comedy.co.uk/awards/2025/
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Comedy.co.uk Awards 2025 - British Comedy Guide
Help name the best British TV and radio comedy of last year by voting in The Comedy.co.uk Awards 2025.
https://www.comedy.co.uk/awards/2025/
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This week's BCG newsletter. Click for various features and more, all on the one page.
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Mother's Pride - a film from the team behind Fisherman's Friends, featuring Martin Clunes, James Buckley, Josie Lawrence, Mark Addy and more - is coming to cinemas in March. Trailer:
www.comedy.co.uk/film/mothers...
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Trailer - Mother's Pride - British Comedy Guide
A Mother's Pride video. A story about the Harley family who after losing their matriarch, must come together to save their pub and village through the art of beer-brewing.
https://www.comedy.co.uk/film/mothers-pride/videos/28021/trailer/
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Best New TV Sitcom 2025 nominees: Amandaland Govan Fair Queen How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge) Man Vs Baby Pushers The Chief Vote now:
www.comedy.co.uk/awards/2025/
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Best Returning TV Sitcom 2025 nominees: Big Boys Here We Go The Horne Section TV Show Mandy Not Going Out Two Doors Down Vote now:
www.comedy.co.uk/awards/2025/
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Best Radio Sitcom 2025 nominees: Call Jonathan Pie Conversations From A Long Marriage Ed Reardon's Week Fags, Mags And Bags Icklewick FM Whatever Happened To Baby Jane Austen? Vote now:
www.comedy.co.uk/awards/2025/
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Best TV Sketch Show 2025 nominees: Good For Her Horrible Histories Horrible Science Mitchell And Webb Are Not Helping Queen Of The New Year Say! Less! Vote now:
www.comedy.co.uk/awards/2025/
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Best Radio Sketch Show 2025 nominees: Dead Ringers John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme Michael Spicer: No Room The Skewer The Squid: Sketch A Minute Time Of The Week Vote now:
www.comedy.co.uk/awards/2025/
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Best TV Panel Show 2025 nominees: 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year Have I Got News For You Never Mind The Buzzcocks QI Would I Lie To You? Vote now:
www.comedy.co.uk/awards/2025/
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Best Radio Panel Show 2025 nominees: Breaking The News I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue Just A Minute One Person Found This Helpful The News Quiz The Unbelievable Truth Vote now:
www.comedy.co.uk/awards/2025/
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Best TV Entertainment Show 2025 nominees: Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish The Graham Norton Show Joe Lycett's United States Of Birmingham Last One Laughing UK Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing Taskmaster Vote now:
www.comedy.co.uk/awards/2025/
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Best Radio Entertainment Show 2025 nominees: Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar Alfie Moore: It's A Fair Cop Mark Steel's In Town Paul Sinha's Perfect Pub Quiz Room 101 Scott Bennett: Blood Sugar Baby Vote now:
www.comedy.co.uk/awards/2025/
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Best TV Comedy Drama 2025 nominees: Am I Being Unreasonable? Brassic Death Valley Film Club Finding Father Christmas Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators Vote now:
www.comedy.co.uk/awards/2025/
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[Recap:] Whose catchphrase was "Yer big girl's blouse"? The latest British Comedy Quiz:
www.comedy.co.uk/quiz/390/
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Quiz 390 - British Comedy Quiz - British Comedy Guide
Here is Hercules Grytpype Thynne's first quiz for 2026. As always, you'll need to know a lot to get a score above five.
https://www.comedy.co.uk/quiz/390/
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[Recap:] Alley Cats, Ann Droid, Bill's Included and The Reluctant Vampire are amongst the new TV comedies coming in up in 2026. Here are 12 to look out for:
www.comedy.co.uk/tv/features/...
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New TV comedy to look out for in 2026 - British Comedy Guide
Alley Cats, Ann Droid, Bill's Included, The Reluctant Vampire and Small Prophets are amongst the new British TV sitcoms to look forward to in 2026. We've selected 12 shows to look out for here.
https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/features/new-tv-comedy-for-2026/
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[Recap:] "The whole show is like a Russian doll of events." Interviews with the cast of 'Can You Keep A Secret?'.
www.comedy.co.uk/tv/can-you-k...
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Can You Keep A Secret? cast interview - Can You Keep A Secret? - British Comedy Guide
Writer Simon Mayhew-Archer talks about creating Can You Keep A Secret?, and cast members Dawn French, Mark Heap, Craig Roberts and Mandip Gill discuss their characters.
https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/can-you-keep-a-secret/interviews/can-you-keep-a-secret-cast/
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It's the last day for voting on which shows should make the shortlists in our TV & radio awards. We'll reveal the shortlists on Monday afternoon.
www.comedy.co.uk/awards/2025/
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Comedy.co.uk Awards 2025 - British Comedy Guide
Help name the best British TV and radio comedy of last year by voting in The Comedy.co.uk Awards 2025.
https://www.comedy.co.uk/awards/2025/
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For this Comedy Rewind article, we're looking back at Bruce Robinson's lesser-remembered film, How To Get Ahead In Advertising.
www.comedy.co.uk/features/com...
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Boiling down How To Get Ahead In Advertising - Comedy Rewind - British Comedy Guide
For this Comedy Rewind, we're looking back at Bruce Robinson's lesser-remembered film, How To Get Ahead In Advertising.
https://www.comedy.co.uk/features/comedy-rewind/how-to-get-ahead-in-advertising/
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Radio is such an important and big part of British comedy, but not many awards ceremonies celebrate the medium. 123 shows were put out on the airwaves last year. Please vote to help determine which productions should win our trophies:
www.comedy.co.uk/awards/2025/
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12 new TV comedies to look out for in 2026:
www.comedy.co.uk/tv/features/...
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New TV comedy to look out for in 2026 - British Comedy Guide
Alley Cats, Ann Droid, Bill's Included, The Reluctant Vampire and Small Prophets are amongst the new British TV sitcoms to look forward to in 2026. We've selected 12 shows to look out for here.
https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/features/new-tv-comedy-for-2026/
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In our TV and radio awards, only 6 shows from each category go through to the shortlist. Best TV Panel Show can be a tough one to vote on...
www.comedy.co.uk/awards/2025/
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The Big Fat Quiz Of Telly is on Channel 4 at 9pm with Harry Hill, Judi Love, Tom Allen, Joanne McNally, Sam Campbell and Susan Wokoma joining Jimmy Carr.
www.comedy.co.uk/tv/the_big_f...
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The Big Fat Quiz Of Everything: The Big Fat Quiz Of Telly 2026 - The Big Fat Quiz Of Telly - British Comedy Guide
A guide to The Big Fat Quiz Of Telly, an episode of The Big Fat Quiz Of Everything.
https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/the_big_fat_quiz_of_everything/episodes/20252/1/
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Bob Mortimer is back on 'Would I Lie To You?' tonight. BBC1, 7:30pm. Also: Dianne Buswell, Jamelia and Mark Chapman.
www.comedy.co.uk/tv/would_i_l...
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Would I Lie To You?: Series 19, Episode 2 - British Comedy Guide
A guide to Episode 2 from Series 19 of Would I Lie To You?.
https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/would_i_lie_to_you/episodes/19/2/
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Our first BCG Pro newsletter of 2026. If you're a comedy writer / performer / producer and not on our mailing list you can sign up for free via the link at the bottom:
cdn.comedy.co.uk/newsletters/...
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Christopher Macarthur-Boyd is to lead his first sitcom, playing a hapless single man talking himself out of love in Dan Does Dating, heading an ensemble of Scottish comic talent in the Radio 4 comedy.
www.comedy.co.uk/radio/news/8...
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Christopher Macarthur-Boyd stars in Radio 4 sitcom Dan Does Dating - British Comedy Guide
Christopher Macarthur-Boyd is to lead his first sitcom, playing a hapless single man talking himself out of love in Dan Does Dating, heading an ensemble of Scottish comic talent in the Radio 4 comedy.
https://www.comedy.co.uk/radio/news/8615/christopher-macarthur-boyd-stars-in-radio-4-sitcom/
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Series 2 of Black Ops starts on BBC1 at 9:30pm, or find all six episodes on iPlayer now.
www.comedy.co.uk/tv/black-ops...
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Black Ops Series 2 episode guide - British Comedy Guide
A guide to Series 2 of Black Ops.
https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/black-ops/episodes/2/
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What was the best returning TV sitcom of 2025? You can vote for up to three here:
www.comedy.co.uk/awards/2025/
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Of all the TV and radio comedy broadcast in 2025, what were your favourite programmes? Vote here:
www.comedy.co.uk/awards/2025/
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Wednesday = a new quiz, and thus a new chance to try and score more than 5 points.
www.comedy.co.uk/quiz/390/
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Quiz 390 - British Comedy Quiz - British Comedy Guide
Here is Hercules Grytpype Thynne's first quiz for 2026. As always, you'll need to know a lot to get a score above five.
https://www.comedy.co.uk/quiz/390/
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Comedy series 'Can You Keep A Secret?' - starring Dawn French, Mark Heap, Craig Roberts and Mandip Gill - starts on BBC1 at 9:30pm, or find all six episodes on iPlayer now. Cast interview:
www.comedy.co.uk/tv/can-you-k...
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Can You Keep A Secret? cast interview - Can You Keep A Secret? - British Comedy Guide
Writer Simon Mayhew-Archer talks about creating Can You Keep A Secret?, and cast members Dawn French, Mark Heap, Craig Roberts and Mandip Gill discuss their characters.
https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/can-you-keep-a-secret/interviews/can-you-keep-a-secret-cast/
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Comedy Chronicles profiles of one of comedy's great facilitators. For many years, Kenneth Horne was at the centre - the heart - of some of the funniest and best-loved shows of his era.
www.comedy.co.uk/features/com...
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Horne, Solo: The incomparable charm of Kenneth Horne - Comedy Chronicles - British Comedy Guide
A profile of one of comedy's great facilitators. For many years, Kenneth Horne was at the centre - the heart - of some of the funniest and best-loved shows of his era.
https://www.comedy.co.uk/features/comedy_chronicles/kenneth-horne/
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