The question we’ll be asking will be ‘Is the comedy which is turned down or shelved any better than the stuff that filters through into the media?’. And the answer is, obviously, ‘Sometimes, yes...’.

BLACK ADDER - History has known many great liars. Those who chronicle comedy shows are the worst offenders, and there is no better example of this than the Blackadder story. Now includes an on-line video. CHRISTMAS TAPES - A journey into the bearded world of engineers' humour... CLUUB ZARATHUSTRA - You know on those occasions when you’re watching Channel 4 and, like, really wondering if that’s the best they can do... HASTILY COBBLED TOGETHER FOR A FAST BUCK - As the supposed 'best bits' of the Monty Python audio catalogue get continually re-packaged into increasingly lacklustre, badly-mixed compilations, it's quite shocking to hear that there is - ready and waiting to go - an hour-long Monty Python LP featuring previously unreleased material rotting away in the archives.  Listen and learn... IT'S ONLY TV - Not to be confused with that Ross/Clary/Jupitus shit, It’s Only TV was an untransmitted pilot for a never-made mainstream-as-fuck LWT series hosted by Angus Deayton and featuring an insert from Chris Morris... TORQUE TVTM - Brass Eye DVDs? Oi shit 'em THE TWELVE RONNIES - Kevin Eldon and Tony Roche’s unheard bit of whimsy for BBC Radio 4...