Mr Bean made its television debut on January 1 1990. Thirty years on, the pilot episode still captures all that is great about Rowan Atkinson's character.
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John Sullivan, who created Del Boy and Rodney, has been called a modern Dickens – now both their most famous works have been made into musicals.
Is anyone still interested in Monty Python? Surprisingly, yes.
It can be a tough gig as a female comedian.
Oh, what's occurin'?
As series two comes to a close, here are the ingredients behind a piece of 24-carat comedy gold.
British comedy has always revelled in self-reflexive parody. Now, following Brexit, perhaps the re-nationalisation of British comedy is nigh.
The UK establishment has never understood the northern working class – and no wonder.
Rik Mayall is putrid – absolutely vile. He thinks nose-picking is funny and farting and all that. He is the arsehole of British comedy. Spike Milligan made this rather pithy statement some time ago (the…
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