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British Comedy Guide is a website all about TV, radio & live comedy in the UK. Our other accounts: @BCGPro @BritComedyShop @UKLiveComedy

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1Jun 8, '23Bill Bailey is currently filming for a new Channel 4 show in which he walks the British coastline with comic pals, ending at a pub.93×1.3M1.4k5511
2Jun 9, '25It is 11 years today since the shocking, untimely death of comedy icon Rik Mayall. He is hugely missed.58.6×824k1.2k20219
3May 30, '23Drop The Dead Donkey is to return as a touring stage show. Written by creators Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin, it reunites the original cast:41.4×582k98412022
4Dec 26, '22The Ghosts Christmas special was yesterday's most-watched new TV comedy, attracting an average of 3.92 million viewers. Doc Martin's finale came in at 3.26m, with Mrs. Brown's Boys38.2×537k2.2k12815
5May 16, '23Rose Matafeo and Mike Wozniak will host the Junior Taskmaster series:36×506k3.3k13943
6Jan 19, '24It was 30 years ago this evening that The Day Today started delivering its own brand of news.33.1×465k3.3k552274
7Aug 14, '23Graham Linehan (@Glinner) is to make his Edinburgh Fringe debut on Thursday evening.32×451k1.2k1449
8Apr 7, '23Stewart Lee and Brass Eye director Michael Cumming are trying to raise the funds to make a film about Kevin Eldon:27.2×383k1.1k14917
9Jan 29, '24The exceptional Garth Marenghi's Darkplace - starring Matthew @MrHolness, Matt Berry (@porksmith), @AliceLowe & @RichardAyoade - started on television 20 years ago today. Artic24.7×347k1k22863
10May 22, '23Paul Whitehouse, Steve Coogan, Lee Mack and Joe Lycett are to perform at a protest against sewage being dumped in Lake Windermere:22.1×311k7.7k1.5k11
11Dec 20, '20"I just want to be based in girl mode from now on". Eddie Izzard has revealed she is now exclusively using 'she' and 'her' pronouns:15.5×011k1.4k62
12Feb 13, '24An important reminder from 1989 TV series Maid Marian And Her Merry Men...14.3×202k1.1k300100
13May 11, '22BBC Four's brilliant Detectorists is coming back for a feature-length special.13.5×010k1k82
14Jan 22, '25Taskmaster Series 19 line-up: Fatiha El-Ghorri, Jason Mantzoukas, Mathew Baynton, Rosie Ramsey and Stevie Martin.12.4×175k1.3k7534
15Jun 30, '19Blackadder Series 5! Newspaper report suggests Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie have agreed to return. Blackadder will be a university lecturer this time:11.4×05.4k1.8k37
16Nov 17, '20"Back in the dog collar, back in Dibley and back on your telly at Xmas." Dawn French confirms The Vicar Of Dibley is to return for three new short episodes this December!8.6×06.7k42017
17Feb 12, '24Good Omens: Best TV Comedy Drama 2023 Here's a video in which Neil Gaiman (@neilhimself) accepts the award. More details:8.6×121k2.1k319104
18Nov 29, '22Motherland is returning for a Christmas special:8.3×07.7k31734
19Jun 12, '24'Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing' is to return for Series 8, with Paul and @RealBobMortimer revisiting the riverbanks of their youth. (Series 7 meanwhile is coming later th7.8×110k2.2k13113
20Feb 5, '24Alan Partridge is returning to the BBC for a new show. Six-part documentary series 'And Did Those Feet...' follows him as he reintegrates into Britain after a year working in Saudi7.7×109k8326421
21May 2, '24Comedian Dane Baptiste has been dropped by his agent, @Gag_Reflex, after making a public, misogynistic, antisemitic death threat to another comic.7.2×101k1.3k18332
22May 18, '14The Mighty Boosh started on TV ten years ago today.5.5×01.9k1.9k0
23Nov 24, '22Ghosts returning for a fifth series:5.2×04.3k37025
24Jan 10, '24Ghosts was the most-watched TV comedy of 2023, with 6.62 million viewers. Top 10 list here:4.8×68k9701029
25Oct 16, '21Ghosts will return in December for a Christmas special, with Jennifer Saunders guest starring as Lady Button's mother:4.6×03.5k34422
26Mar 27, '20BBC2 is going to start to show classic comedy films around 3pm each day... Mon 6th: School For Scoundrels Tue 7th: The Man In The White Suit Wed 8th: The Titfield Thunderbolt Thu 94.4×01.9k84939
27Apr 29, '22Channel 4 has announced a final, extended length special episode of Derry Girls, set around the 1998 Good Friday Agreement referendum.4.3×03.5k28138
28Sep 11, '20Have you heard? Never Mind The Buzzcocks is coming back: - It'll likely be a new host. Let us know who you think they should give the job to.3.5×01.2k14911
29Jul 3, '24Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish is returning to Dave after 7 years for a new series. @DaveGorman3.5×49k8146720
30Feb 8, '21Staged has been voted Best New TV Sitcom in our annual awards. Michael Sheen and David Tennant have accepted the trophy via Zoom. See their full video & the other results here:3.3×02.4k344123
31Nov 24, '22Ghosts Series 5 is confirmed:3.2×03.1k1187
32Nov 12, '20All three series of Gimme Gimme Gimme are now on iPlayer:3.2×02.3k1493
33Jul 12, '21Andrew Lawrence has sparked outrage with tweets "stirring up racism". Several comedy clubs have now cancelled upcoming appearances from him:3.0×01.2k25135
34Sep 4, '20Series 2 of Ghosts is coming to BBC1 later this month (exact date TBC shortly):3.0×01.8k29114
35Feb 8, '21After Life has been voted Best Returning TV Sitcom & Comedy Of The Year 2020. Congratulations to @RickyGervais! Full results:3.0×02.6k1547
36Nov 24, '20Ghosts will return this December for a Christmas special. Plot details:2.8×02.1k1659
37Oct 24, '24Horrible Histories is to receive a special Bafta award for its "extraordinary cultural and social impact".2.8×39k1.1k9112
38Aug 25, '22Amazon Prime Video has bought new comedy film How To Date Billy Walsh, starring @SebastianCroft, Charithra Chandran, @_TannerBuchanan, @GuzKhanOfficial, @nickjfrost, Lucy Punch &am2.8×02.7k14012
39Nov 20, '19Hitmen - the new sitcom starring Mel & Sue - is coming to Sky in early 2020. Here's the first look image. More info:2.6×01.4k21826
40Nov 3, '20Comic actor and comedian John Sessions has died aged 67:2.5×08822574
41Nov 11, '21Ghosts is to return for Series 4:2.5×01.5k25516
42Nov 16, '22Michael Sheen and David Tennant return for a third series of Staged. The new episodes launch on BritBox on 24th November:2.4×01.7k25537
43Aug 18, '21Sean Lock dictates his own obituary on a 2016 episode of 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown.2.3×01.8k27249
44Feb 21, '22Best Returning TV Sitcom 2021: Ghosts The creators and stars say "We're thrilled to have won", adding "Thanks to everyone who voted. We shall be returning again later this year so 2.3×01.9k15813
45Mar 8, '22Kylie Minogue will arrive at Button House in a new Ghosts sketch set to air on Red Nose Day:2.3×01.9k16816
46Mar 1, '20Joe Lycett has changed his name to Hugo Boss. It's part of an investigation for his Channel 4 consumer rights series, Joe Lycett's Got Your Back.2.2×02.1k1335
47Aug 23, '17Friday Night Dinner Series 5 confirmed. More details here:2.1×08803000
48Jan 17, '15Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe returns on Thursday 29th January. (@charltonbrooker):2.1×07837060
49Oct 28, '19Filming has started on Friday Night Dinner Series 6. Jonny and Adam both get 'females', and Jim gets a new dog:2.0×01.4k2178
50Oct 5, '19At 10:55pm, 50 years ago today, a new sketch show started on the BBC: Monty Python's Flying Circus. Thank you to Graham Chapman, @JohnCleese, @TerryGilliam, @EricIdle, Terry Jones 2.0×01.3k3595
51Oct 26, '22Ghosts is to return for a 2022 Christmas special. The episode will focus on a festive trip down memory lane that prompts Pat to question his very identity:2.0×01.7k9610
52Jun 5, '19Matt Berry (@porksmith) has confirmed he intends to write a new series of Toast Of London.1.9×01.1k1912
53Oct 1, '20Tony Robinson has revealed he's in talks with Netflix to reboot 90s sitcom classic Maid Marian And Her Merry Men:1.9×01.1k1593
54Oct 10, '22John Cleese is joining GB News, presenting a show on cancel culture, wokeness and politics with Andrew Doyle:1.8×01.1k13813
55Dec 3, '17300 Years Of French And Saunders - the duo's 30th anniversary special - is pencilled in 10:35pm on BBC1 on Christmas Day.1.8×01.4k2300
56Apr 28, '18Red Dwarf WILL be back for Series 13. Filming begins early next year. #RedDwarfXIII1.8×01.2k2891
57Nov 22, '21Mortimer & Whitehouse are going Christmas Fishing once again. This year's special features footballer Paul Gascoigne, Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott.1.7×01.3k1381
58Dec 1, '20Ghosts Christmas special: Wednesday 23rd December, 8:30pm, BBC1.1.7×01.2k1317
59Dec 22, '20Detectorists could return with brand new episodes, Mackenzie Crook has revealed.1.7×01k1198
60Oct 8, '21Stath Lets Flats Series 3 begins at 10:15pm on Tuesday 26th October on Channel 4.1.6×09881569
61Nov 29, '22Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse are fishing in Norway for their new Christmas special. It's also confirmed they want to keep making more, "We won't stop until we're told":1.6×01.6k660
62May 23, '18Katherine Ryan is to host a special all-female episode of 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown to mark 100 years of women's suffrage:1.6×01.2k1522
63Mar 9, '20Fast Show reunion confirmed! Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson, Arabella Weir, John Thomson, Simon Day and Mark Williams will film Gold special 'The Fast Show: Just A Load Of Bloomin1.6×01k1892
64Apr 9, '19Derry Girls will be back for a brand new third series. Channel 4 has confirmed Series 3 tonight:1.6×01.3k1391
65Nov 15, '17The contest begins. Taskmaster: Champion Of Champions, starts Wednesday 13th December 2017 at 9pm on Dave.1.6×09532430
66Jul 11, '19"I have won many awards in my time, but this is the first for being reasonable." @RickyGervais to be presented with Richard Dawkins Award for raising consciousness of atheism and s1.5×01.3k1263
67Sep 9, '20Ghosts returns to BBC One on Monday 21st September at 8:30pm.1.5×09991556
68Apr 22, '21Mike Bubbins is piloting Mammoth, a BBC sitcom about a macho 1970s PE teacher who is brought back from the dead and starts teaching again in 2021:1.5×01.2k659
69May 11, '22The boys are back on the river bank! Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing will return for a new series.1.5×01.3k941
70Jul 19, '21Ghosts has just won Best Comedy at the South Bank Sky Arts Awards 2021. Other Ghosts news: filming is now complete on Series 3; meanwhile the US remake starts on CBS on 7th October1.5×01.2k9810
71Mar 9, '18"Keep it Kurupt!" People Just Do Nothing Series 5 confirmed:1.4×09342390
72Jun 1, '20Scot sitcom hit Two Doors Down will be back for a fifth series in 2021.1.4×09791200
73Nov 23, '20Matt Berry is to return as Steven Toast in new BBC sitcom spin-off Toast In America:1.4×0849955
74Mar 24, '21Bob Mortimer is to publish his autobiography in September. 'And Away...' is described as "warm, profound, and irrepressibly funny":1.4×01k1033
75Feb 8, '21Congratulations to @MrMichaelSpicer. Our visitors have voted his Radio 4 show 'Michael Spicer: Before Next Door' as the Best Radio Sitcom 2020. Full results:1.4×01.2k7510
76Dec 13, '18CONFIRMED: Catastrophe Series 4 debuts on Channel 4, Monday 7th January at 10pm.1.3×08711034
77Feb 20, '18Lynn is back with Alan Partridge! The BBC confirms Felicity Montagu will star alongside Steve Coogan in new sitcom 'This Time With Alan Partridge':1.3×09821420
78Feb 28, '21Taskmaster 11 starts Thursday 18th March. Charlotte Ritchie, Jamali Maddix, Lee Mack, Mike Wozniak and Sarah Kendall are the contestants:1.3×08671406
79Aug 4, '21The Day Today team have reunited for a 30th anniversary celebration. The Reunion will be on Radio 4 on 15th August.1.3×081115813
80Feb 3, '21At this moment in time 15 years ago, The IT Crowd - starring Katherine Parkinson, @bigboyler & @RichardAyoade - first appeared on TV:1.3×08991278
81Feb 21, '22Best Radio Sitcom 2021 - Michael Spicer: Before Next Door. Here's a video from @MrMichaelSpicer Full results:1.3×01.1k7016
82Nov 22, '18First look picture for Series 4 of Catastrophe. It'll be on Channel 4 in January:1.2×0963792
83Apr 14, '21Series 3 of Motherland starts on BBC2 soon. Here's a first look picture of Joanna Lumley guest starring as Amanda's mother:1.2×01.1k467
84Jan 27, '20Best TV Comedy Drama 2019 & Comedy Of The Year: Good Omens Full results:1.2×08602028
85Sep 7, '22Best Returning TV Sitcom 2021, Ghosts Series 4 debuts on #BBC1 later this month.1.2×09127913
86Jun 11, '21Phoebe Waller-Bridge performing the National Theatre Live 2019 stage version of Fleabag is now available to stream on Amazon Prime:1.2×09067565
87May 4, '18Frankie Boyle's New World Order returns to TV for a second series on 18th May:1.2×09861151
88Mar 13, '21A petition calling for Alan Partridge to replace Piers Morgan on Good Morning Britain is gathering momentum:1.1×09551240
89Feb 2, '18Happy Birthday to David Jason! 78 today.1.1×09221230
90Jan 6, '20The BBC has ordered a sixth series of Inside No. 9. Series 5 starts on BBC2 soon.1.1×08231000
91Nov 20, '20First look picture of James Fleet and Dawn French in the new Vicar Of Dibley episodes. More info:1.1×0918592
92Jan 27, '20Best TV Entertainment Show 2019 - Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing Full results:1.1×0967481
93Aug 19, '21Channel 4 has changed its schedule tonight, to highlight the brilliance of Sean Lock. 10pm: 'Keep It Light' stand-up show 11pm: 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown1.0×0976733
94Feb 25, '19Free tickets to be in the studio audience for @ComicRelief 2019 on 15 March: Confirmed presenters: Sir @LennyHenry, @EmmaWillis, @PaddyMcGuinness, @RomeshRanga, @AleshaOfficial, @Z1.0×0890731
95Jan 27, '20Best New TV Sitcom 2019: After Life by @RickyGervais Full results:1.0×0942453
96Nov 29, '22The Danebury Metal Detecting Club is threatened with losing its home and ceasing to exist in the new Detectorists special:1.0×0792762
97Dec 3, '21Adrian Chiles, Claudia Winkleman, Jonnie Peacock, Lady Leshurr and Sayeeda Warsi will take part in the one-off Taskmaster New Year Treat special:0.9×0822394
98Oct 16, '19Michael Sheen (finally) appears on RHLSTP With Richard Herring:0.9×0831745
99Sep 5, '20Limmy has said that he he will no longer make shows for television, to focus on his Twitch channel. A final special, Limmy's Other Stuff, will be broadcast on BBC Scotland soon:0.9×0807576
100Dec 1, '22Taskmaster Series 15: Frankie Boyle (@FrankieBoyle) Ivo Graham (@IvoGraham) Jenny Éclair (@JennyEclair) Kiell Smith-Bynoe (@kfRedhot) Mae Martin (@TheMaeMartin)0.9×0809456

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