Sentence examples for topical comedy from inspiring English sources

The pair have been writing topical comedy together since the 70s.

Strange days when an hour of topical comedy represents a daring break from the norm.

But there is a big difference, Calman says, between topical comedy and intelligent satire.

It promises to mix topical comedy from Long with investigative reporting from regular Guardian contributor Martin Williams.

Stewart, out of breath, says the award demonstrates that despite its apparently ephemeral nature topical comedy can be lasting.

Frank Skinner will return to BBC2 with another two series of his topical comedy show, Frank Skinner's Opinionated.

One thinks of Made in Dagenham, Tamara Drewe, The Disappearance of Alice Creed, The Arbor, Monsters, and two topical comedies, The Infidel and Four Lions.

His presence suggests the show will continue navigating away from the minefield of ultra-topical comedy and toward material with longterm staying power.

In 1975 the topical sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live filled out the week's late-night schedule.

Coming to C4 on Wednesday is Power Monkeys, a sequel to last year's topical election comedy Ballot Monkeys, from Outnumbered and Drop the Dead Donkey's Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin.

That is the starting point for what promises to be a hotly topical black comedy with a cast headed by James Bolam, Anne Reid and the original angry old man, Richard Wilson, directing.