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The Stephen K Amos Show

“Obviously I’m thrilled – although now my mum will find out I’m a stand-up comedian. She thinks I drive a minicab.”
Not before time, a black comic has got a show on the BBC - and he’s not Lenny Henry!
Stephen K Amos has been a regular on various panel shows (particularly Have I Got News For [...]

Brian Blessed IS Henry 8.0

In a role he was surely born to play, the great Brian Blessed is a modern day Henry VIII in this series of video shorts from BBC Comedy.

Set in the present day, Henry is alive and well and living in a suburban semi with his long-suffering wife, Catherine Parr. Shot from the perspective of his [...]

Axis of Apples

Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson in a slightly bonkers clip from last year’s Christmas DVD.
In it, he drives a Jaguar XKR - wearing flippers!
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ku2FfxxYsI

Storm in a Swimming Pool

Let’s get this straight - Rebecca Adlington, bless ‘er, DOES look like someone looking in the back of a spoon.
Since the insanity of the Sachsgate row and the intervening Frankie Boyle and Jimmy Carr “joke” controversies, the BBC have been keen to extract all possible offence from any jokes.
This policy is extremely dangerous. British TV [...]

Create Your Own Animated Sketch!

Thanks to online promotion of the new Virgin 1 show The Life & Times of Tim, you can choose from a range of concluding options to build your own custom sketch - and there’s a quality prize involved!

Comedy Roadshow Preview

“Man City and Man United sound like gay bars!”

Dom Joly stars in Made In Britain

[singlepic=75,320,240,,left]“Quirky Britain”- loving UKTV channel Blighty hosts award-winning television comedian Dom Joly on an epic road trip around Britain in an attempt to fill his house from top to bottom with British-made products in the brand new series Made In Britain, which runs every evening this week at 8pm.
As part of this unique experiment, Dom [...]

Fawlty Towers Reunion

The closest we’ll ever get to a Fawlty Towers reunion…

John Cleese, Connie Booth, Prunella Scales and Andrew Sachs.

Christmas has not been delivered…

Classic Christmas comedy the way it used to be…
httpv://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=GBogWsfAS50

New Position for Comedy

Husband and wife chat show act Richard Madely and Judy Finnegan are welcoming a wealth of comedy talent to their studios this week on their Sky Watch (Channel 109) show Richard and Judy’s New Position.

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Today (Wednesday 17th December) sees the couple expecting and appearance from cheeky standup comedian Frank Skinner whose recent return [...]

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