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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.

This year, Penguin is proud to bring you comedy from what would have been the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Hosted by Scotland's very own Fern Brady, listeners can be transported to the virtual pubs, clubs and cellars of Edinburgh, where they will be treated to the finest audio comedy festival Covid-19 can necessitate. Featuring nearly eight hours of original material from some of the most exciting comedians working today, including Ivo Graham, Lou Sanders, Jordan Brookes, Sofie Hagen, Dane Baptiste and so many more, Edinburgh Unlocked is an unmissable audio comedy festival.

Noel Fielding seamlessly bridges the imagined worlds and counterculture references we have been led through courtesy of Mighty Boosh and Luxury Comedy. This is a live recording taken from his 2016 stand up tour of the UK, USA and Australia....

"Fang heute an mit Müßiggang!" So lautet das Lebensmotto von Johann König, der notorisch gelangweilt ist - und diesen Zustand liebt...

Welsh comedian Rhod Gilbert takes a trip to New York with his on off girlfriend for a make or break holiday. Told in hilarious style, and after a course in anger management Rhod claims to be a more mellow fellow!

Lord of the Mince is classic Julian Clary. A brilliant and hysterical mix of innuendo and cutting edge bitchiness! He takes us on a journey along the boulevards and back passages of his life, all the while sending the audience into raptures!

Welsh comic Rhod Gilbert has become one of the UK's top comedians through a combination of touring and many TV appearances. This hilarious recording was recorded live in concert. Rhod tells how a chance encounter with a mince pie at a motorway service station finally sent him over the edge!

Ventriloquist and comic Jeff Dunham takes to the stage to provide fresh comedic material with his classic puppets; Walter, Peanut, Jose Jalapeño, and Achmed, as well as with two never-before-seen characters with their own unique quirks.

Stand-up comedy specials from Maisie Adam, Tommy Tiernan and Jessica Fostekew - delivered direct to your ears. 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. This series features: award winning new stand up, Maisie Adam; hero of the Irish comedy scene, Tommy Tiernan; and storytelling comedy master, Jessica Fostekew.

Comedian Glenn Moore, renowned for his brilliant one-liners on Mock the Week, offers a unique and humorous perspective on world events in his BBC radio comedy series. Through his almanac, Glenn revisits significant historical events, intertwining them with amusing anecdotes from his own life. Each episode reveals what Glenn was doing at the time of these events and explores quirky connections to the day in question, creating a delightful blend of personal mishaps and historical commentary.

Sony Award-winning satirist and stand-up comedian Mark Steel takes us through the life stories of some of his favourite historical characters in this acclaimed radio series, which ran for three series on BBC Radio 4 before transferring to TV in 2003. From Oliver Cromwell to Ludvig van Beethoven, Mark’s chosen personalities are all passionate, driven – and more than a little eccentric.

This hilarious, fast-paced parody sketch show sends up classic BBC radio shows, travels through time and brings you Shakespeare as you've never heard it before. Tune in to Desert Island Discs with a twist, appreciate an orange-inal version of Hamlet and discover Tolstoy with a peel good factor. A spoof show like no other, The Long Hot Satsuma is a laugh out loud comedy packed with quick-witted lines and the trademark dry humour of veteran comedians Alison Steadman, Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden.

America's king of clean comedy delivers wickedly funny jokes in his fifth hour-long special.

Two audio works in one! A new compilation from comedian/speaker, Ken Davis.

Fresh from their sell out 1996 Edinburgh "If" comedy (formerly Perrier) award-nominated show comes this four-part BBC7 Commissioned Radio series.

We Are Klang, possibly the most stupid name in comedy, are three stand-ups: Greg Davies -" a very, very fat Rik Mayall", Steve Hall - "poor man's David Baddiel", and the hairless Marek Larwood - "homeless Matt Lucas".

Following the huge success of his sell-out 100-date UK tour, the nation's favourite deadpan stand-up returns to the Hammersmith Apollo to deliver some of his most scathing and hilarious material for years.

Simon Mayo hosts a comedic battle between three teams to find out which is the funniest generation. Will the Up and Comers, the Current Crop or the Old Guard be crowned as the Golden Age of Comedy?

The hilarious new live stand-up show from the star of Jonathan Creek.

A sparkling sequel to the legendary Round the Horne, Stop Messing About! continued the comedy tradition, reuniting Kenneth Williams with both his former foil Hugh Paddick and his Carry On co-star Joan Sims. Included here are all 26 episodes of the all-nude radio show, complete with favourites such as ‘Crackerjackanory with Mother’, ‘Feeble Fables’, ‘Clarence J Mousepartner’s Problem Corner’ and movie spoofs including 2002: A Space Oddity; The Dirty Half-Dozen and A Fistful of Denaro.

Whether he's lamenting the fact that he doesn't have any clever, rhyming pick-up lines, telling you which reality shows he loves and which ones he hates, or giving the ultimate proof of why his arms really are short, Williams is a passionate comedian with some truly funny observations whose spark is fueled by what he witnesses around him.