Every Friday we send a BCG Pro newsletter - it's aimed at writers and performers. You can see today's edition via this link: cdn.comedy.co.uk/newsletters/... (Want it in your inbox? The sign-up link is at the bottom)

Taskmaster New Zealand star Ray O'Leary recalls a run-in with comedy's sternest critics in our First Gig Worst Gig Q&A: www.comedy.co.uk/live/fgwg/ra...

New movie 'Ghosts: The Possession Of Button House' is now in production. www.comedy.co.uk/film/news/86...

Rob Grant, the co-creator of Red Dwarf, has died. "A great loss to his family, friends and comedy fans across the world". www.comedy.co.uk/people/news/...

Paul Chuckle is travelling across the UK on a two-seater "Chuckle Bike" next month fundraising for Marie Curie. www.comedy.co.uk/people/fyi/1...

The Government is being pressed on what it's doing to support the live comedy sector. The Culture, Media and Sport Committee has written to Creative Industries Minister Ian Murray asking for updates on plans. www.comedy.co.uk/live/news/86...

Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps is 25 years-old today. Created by Susan Nickson and starring Natalie Casey, Kathryn Drysdale, Ralf Little, Will Mellor and Sheridan Smith, the sitcom would go on to run for ten years. www.comedy.co.uk/tv/two_pints/

How many Carry On films did Joan Sims appear in? That's one of the questions in this week's British Comedy Quiz. www.comedy.co.uk/quiz/397/

Sky Arts (Freeview channel 36) is showing a recording of the recent stage adaptation of Dr. Strangelove at 9pm. Steve Coogan stars. www.comedy.co.uk/tv/dr-strang...

Series 2 of We Might Regret This starts on BBC2 at 10pm, or find all four new episodes on iPlayer now. www.comedy.co.uk/tv/we-might-...

"Lovely bit of squirrel". Friday Night Dinner was first broadcast on this date in 2011. www.comedy.co.uk/tv/friday_ni...

Yes Minister started on TV on this day in 1980. Here's our recent Comedy Chronicles article looking at how often the sitcom took its plots from real life. www.comedy.co.uk/features/com...

Last few British Comedy Guide merchandise bundles now on sale. £50 for a lovely sweatshirt, tote bag, notebook and pen. We'll be putting the proceeds into creating more content. Buy now via eBay: ebay.us/m/xmDhNC

Porridge sequel Going Straight was first broadcast on this date in 1978. Is it unfairly overlooked nowadays? Here's a Comedy Rewind article: www.comedy.co.uk/features/com...

Happy birthday to Ben Miller, 60 today! www.comedy.co.uk/people/ben_m...

"The marble was too bright for my ginger eyes. I had to be led around with my eyes screwed shut, missing everything." An on-tour Alasdair Beckett-King takes on our Random 8 Q&A: www.comedy.co.uk/live/random8...

Last One Laughing Series 2 launches on Amazon on Thursday 19th March. www.comedy.co.uk/tv/fyi/1027/...

High Hoops is to return to CBBC for Series 3; CBeebies will air another series of Football Fantastics and Waffle's After School Club; and Go Jetters is getting a Singapore-set spin-off called 'Go Jetters Go!'. www.comedy.co.uk/tv/news/8651...

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The results of our annual TV and radio awards have just been announced. Taskmaster, The Horne Section, Amandaland and Jonathan Pie are amongst the winners. Full results: www.comedy.co.uk/news/8650/co...

BBC comedy drama series Shy & Lola will see Hayley Squires and Bel Powley playing two women who are forced to become allies when a murder entangles them in the criminal underworld. www.comedy.co.uk/tv/news/8649...

Josh Widdicombe has revealed that he was once asked to play Status Quo's Rick Parfitt but producers weren't impressed by his lack of mimicry skills. www.comedy.co.uk/people/fyi/1...

Comedy Rewind: Today we're visiting 1947 in Alan Bennett's first film, A Private Function, starring Sir Michael Palin and Dame Maggie Smith - in what her biographer called the best film she ever appeared in. www.comedy.co.uk/features/com...

Kenneth Williams - star of the Carry On films, Just A Minute, Hancock's Half Hour, and more - was born on this day 100 years ago. Here's an interesting article about when he read Russian literature: www.comedy.co.uk/features/com...

"We think our role is to fling a bit of mud." Interview with the team behind The Red Prince, the new comic stage play about a struggling Labour MP. It premieres in London on Tuesday. www.comedy.co.uk/live/feature...

[Recap:] A long-read tribute to Mollie Sugden, one of the great comic actors of British sitcom. www.comedy.co.uk/features/com...

[Recap:] This week's British Comedy Quiz. e.g. Camden Town Boy was the working title of which Richard Curtis film? www.comedy.co.uk/quiz/396/

[Recap:] A list of the most watched new British TV comedy in 2025... www.comedy.co.uk/tv/news/8643...

[Recap:] The nominees for the Chortle Awards. Voting is now open. www.comedy.co.uk/news/8646/ch...

[Recap:] US-born comic Abigoliah Schamaun shares what she's discovered through the process of watching and listening to British comedy for the first time. www.comedy.co.uk/features/wat...

[Recap:] Stewart Lee has adapted his theatrical show Pea Green Boat for a book, to be published this autumn. The comic is also piloting a podcast and says his next stand-up show will involve a morris dance. www.comedy.co.uk/people/news/...

[Recap:] BBC sitcom 'Can You Keep A Secret?' has been given a second series. www.comedy.co.uk/tv/news/8645...

Live Comedy Day - a celebration of our country's comedy circuit - is on 1st April. The website is starting to fill up with gigs you can see on that Wednesday. livecomedyday.co.uk

"I had a bit about when a little bit of eggshell goes into the bowl by mistake. I thought it was great. Audiences / fellow comics disagreed." First Gig Worst Gig with Shane Todd: www.comedy.co.uk/live/fgwg/sh...

Mock The Week continues on TLC this Sunday at 9pm, with topics including the Winter Olympics. www.comedy.co.uk/tv/mock_the_...

Happy 50th birthday to Michael McIntyre! His 'Big Show' continues on BBC1 tonight at 8:15pm. www.comedy.co.uk/tv/michael_m...

Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' Evening will return to ITV towards the end of 2026 for a seven-part third series. www.comedy.co.uk/tv/news/8647...

Rhys James makes a 007 related confession in this Sunday's episode of Mock The Week. More clips: www.comedy.co.uk/tv/mock_the_...

"The revolution will be live-streamed". That's one of the articles you can read in our latest BCG Pro newsletter. cdn.comedy.co.uk/newsletters/...

"After watching Victoria Wood I was starstruck. You all know about her?! And no one bothered to tell me?!" US stand-up Abigoliah Schamaun talks about what she's learnt watching British comedies for the first time. www.comedy.co.uk/features/wat...

Amy Gledhill, Nick Mohammed, Michelle de Swarte, Sam Nicoresti, Luke McQueen, Ada & Bron, Gbemi Oladipo and Harriet Kemsley are amongst those nominated in the Chortle Awards 2026. www.comedy.co.uk/news/8646/ch...

In the world of British sitcoms, Tom Ballard and Diana Trent are....? Take our latest British Comedy Quiz. www.comedy.co.uk/quiz/396/

'Can You Keep A Secret?', the BBC sitcom starring Dawn French and Mark Heap, has been renewed for a second series. Over 5m viewers have watched Series 1 so far. www.comedy.co.uk/tv/news/8645...

"I once had such a bad nosebleed on the tube that a child in the carriage started screaming." Random 8 Q&A with Sad Gay AIDS Play star Andrew Doherty. www.comedy.co.uk/live/random8...

This Wednesday (18 Feb) at 4pm on Zoom: A final chance to catch Sam See present his hour-long talk on what he learnt from analysing 2,356 Edinburgh Fringe reviews. Register for free: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Amandaland, Michael McIntyre's Big Show and a Gavin & Stacey documentary lead the pack of 2025's most-watched TV comedies, as the final, fully confirmed viewing figures are revealed. www.comedy.co.uk/tv/news/8643...

Stewart Lee is adapting his Pea Green Boat show into a book and piloting his first podcast, analysing pub jokes, whilst also revealing that he plans to end his next stand-up show with a showstopping morris dance. www.comedy.co.uk/people/news/...

A reminder about today, from the 1989 series Maid Marian And Her Merry Men. www.comedy.co.uk/tv/maid_mari...

Remembering TV legend Ian Lavender, born on this date in 1946. He died on 2nd February 2024. www.comedy.co.uk/people/ian_l...

Newspaper-based sitcom Hot Metal was first broadcast on this day 40 years ago. Find out more about it in our Comedy Rewind article. www.comedy.co.uk/features/com...