"The joke is therapy, a momentary escape from the hundrum of life or, in some cases, the sheer misery or even horror of it," says Barry Cryer

Jo Brand's Great Wall of Comedy will feature Jo, Rebecca Front and Barry Cryer uncovering secrets about Britain's favourite comedy performers

As the long-running Radio 4 show returns, the stalwart panelist celebrates the late Humphrey Lyttelton, his replacement Jack Dee - and the importance of silliness

The British Comedy Society honours the "very naughty boy" with a plaque on the wall of his favourite pub