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A Matter of Facts is a personal journey into the world of quizzes. At the start Shaun enters the World Quiz Grand Prix, pitching his knowledge against the nation's finest minds, including Eggheads and Chasers...he fails. Unperturbed, he sets out to improve his skills through memory training, practice and even hypnosis in an attempt to move himself up the rankings of the quizzing elite. His adventure sees him get his old quizzing 'band' back together to see if he can triumph in the leagues.

For more than 40 years Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise lit up our TV screens with their wonderful humour. This is the inside story, as written and read, by Eric's son Gary. As well as his unique position from inside the family he did extensive research through both families archives to uncover new facts about the duos early years. It provides a fascinating and entertaining picture of two of our most loved entertainers.

The master of puns and hilarious one liners returns with a great new show. Stewart devoted the show to his father - who was a roofer. 'So Dad, if you're up there....'

A brilliant new BBC Radio 4 series of comedy travelogues presented by award-winning stand-up and ‘Just a Minute’ regular, Ross Noble. Perrier Award nominee Ross Noble has received huge critical acclaim and become known as an exciting and original talent in the UK. Now he takes his show...

Audible's Comedy Club gives you a front row seat for full length comedy shows from some of the best stand-ups on the scene.

The Essential Collection encompasses Bill Hicks’ short but powerful career as a satirist, social critic, and stand-up comedian. It features over two hours of Bill’s best stand up material spanning his entire career including never-before-released bits from a San Ramon, California, performance, a collection of 11 original songs entitled “Lo-Fi Troubadour”, and two digital exclusives - a song called “Ice Cold Macaroni”, and “The Adventure”, a 30 minute travelogue of Hicks talking into a tape recorder on a car trip from New York City to Little Rock, Arkansas.

This classic comedy is set in the charming country home of Charles Condomine, a remarried widower. A witty and convivial evening party among friends is transformed when a seance conjures the ghost of Elvira, Charles' first wife, who delights in wreaking havoc among the living. An enchanting Coward comedy!

The best of Russell's shows on Radio X Catch unaired content and all the best bits of Russell Brand's Radio X show on this podcast.

An immigrant from Hong Kong, Jimmy O. Yang is now a bona fide American comedian and actor. In his debut stand-up special, Good Deal, Jimmy will tell you all about his take on Asian representation, how he learned to speak English from rap videos, dating tall women, and pursuing his dreams only to disappoint his old school Chinese parents.

Kiss me, Kate, we will be married o'Sunday - Petruchio A Shakespeare Society Production. The complete play in five acts...

Sean makes his triumphant return to the stage with a narrative that makes his audience laugh or cry in the blink of an eye. Talking about his father this is both poignant and funny. It takes comedy to a new level.

Matt Rife: Stay Golden Tour Podcast brings fans behind the scenes of one of the most anticipated comedy events of 2025. Follow Matt Rife’s journey from small comedy clubs to sold-out arenas across the U.S., exploring his sharp wit, energetic performances, and viral social media fame. Each episode features fan stories, behind-the-scenes tour insights, and reflections on Matt’s creative process, giving listeners a front-row seat to The Stay Golden Tour 2025.

Phil Hammond is a comedian trapped in a doctor’s body. This comedy doctor has appeared on Have I Got News For You, The News Quiz and the Now Show, but still finds time to see patients. (Mondays only). He is disarmingly rude about politicians, death, drugs, sex and especially himself.

The world of comedy and comedians of the last five decades. By the man the New York Times calls "a comic institution himself," the only comedian (twenty-six years in stand-up) to have made Elie Wiesel laugh, as well as having appeared on The Tonight Show (140 times, second only to Bob Hope, but...

On this hilarious performance, Bill Hicks unleashes his thoughts on homelessness, smoking, drugs, and porn. While it may seem dark and cynical, it’s sunny compared to the work that follows.

Eight episodes of the vintage BBC Radio comedy starring Ronnie Barker Created by Ronnie Barker and producer John Fawcett Wilson, Lines From My Grandfather’s Forehead ran for two series on BBC Radio 4 from 1971-72, winning a Writers' Guild Award for best radio comedy series. Scripted by Gerald...

The instant New York Times bestseller from author, comedian and actor Patton Oswalt, a “heartfelt and hilarious” (USA TODAY) memoir about coming of age as a performer during the late 1990s while obsessively watching classic films at a legendary theater in Los Angeles. “[Oswalt has] a set...

From his humble beginnings as a circus clown to his career as a star of the monster hit Jackass, comedian, author, and all-around lunatic, Steve-O has done it all and then some. Loaded with more of the outrageous stunts you've come to love him for, this is more than just a hilarious comedy special - in Guilty as Charged, Steve-O holds nothing back!

Baddiel and Ripley’s Buy Leave It or Not is the comedy/consumer-advice podcast from old friends and comedy heroes David Baddiel and Fay Ripley. Listen in as they sort out your shopping trolley - unboxing and reviewing the products you didn’t even know you wanted. From full English breakfast-makers to vagina candles, all of modern consumer life is here. But the question is, will David and Fay Buy, Leave It or...Not?

Based on the format of the American TV show Saturday Night Live, this home-grown comedy production was an enormous success and brought recognition and fame to a great many performers, many of whom are now household names. It was hosted by Ben Elton and Lenny Henry. In a series of sketches it introduced us to the talent and chemistry of Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie.