MASH is considered by many to be the definitive wartime comedy, but a hidden UK gem undeniably mastered the genre in six ...

This 2011 comedy has recently resurfaced via Netflix U.S., and after just a few days on the streaming service, it’s already found its way into the platform’s top 10 most-watched ranking.

Celebrity Big Brother star Donna Preston seems to have fallen out with former comedy partner Verona Rose, with fans noting the pair no longer follow each other on Instagram. Before her stint on ...

A British Detective Comedy About a Reclusive Puzzle-Maker In “Ludwig,” David Mitchell tries to solve mysteries—and the problem of being a person in the world.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. For a show about a stand-up veteran and her young comedy writer, Hacks could have a better sense of timing ...

In this brave, intelligent, darkly funny mixture of gothic satire, revenge tragedy and existential thriller, Billy Bash and Cliff Biddle, a 1980s comedy double act, are reunited after long, bitter ...

Mark Jagasia’s play is a gleefully twisted takedown of right-wing comedy and post-Brexit British culture Directed by Oscar Pearce, this is journalist Mark Jagasia’s second full-length play at ...

The Double Act plays in Arcola Theatre’s Studio 1 from 23 January - 22 February 2025. Tickets are priced between £12-£39, along with pay what you can every Tuesday.

Arcola Theatre has announced Nigel Cooke, Nigel Betts and Edward Hogg as the cast for The Double Act, a new play by Mark Jagasia, former national newspaper journalist turned playwright.

The news that one of Britain’s most cherished comedy double acts, Morecambe and Wise, nearly broke up in 1950, before they ever achieved anything like the fame that they later went on to attain ...

Cecil Parker Biography Cecil Parker (3 September 1897 – 20 April 1971) was an English character and comedy actor with a distinctive husky voice, who usually played supporting roles in his 91 ...