Welcome to Cheerful Earful, a festival of funny podcasts, big & small.

Rising to fame amid the 1980s alternative comedy boom, Ian Cognito was one of the UK's most popular comedians. His performances left audiences in hysterics - but behind the laughter was a troubled and often controversial figure. This is the story of the comedy scene that nurtured a comedic genius, and the real life of a man famed for his outlandish sense of humour.

Romesh Ranganathan takes charge of the back-stabbing big money game show. Can the contestants create a chain of answers and avoid the boot?

Hosted by Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster, top comedians are posed absurd hypothetical situations and scored on how well they would deal with them. Over three rounds, two teams of comedians must think fast as they are faced with a series of completely made-up scenarios and interrogated on their approach to each one. Host Josh Widdicombe poses the questions and interrogates the guests' methods, whilst James Acaster, as arbiter of the Hypotheticals, deals with the guests quibbles and queries and doles out the points.

A stand-up routine that provides a candid view into the breakdown of John's long-term relationship. One of the winners of the 2017 Edinburgh Comedy Award.

John Robins - one of the most exciting and distinctive voices in comedy - returns reflecting on love, loss and lamenting the fact he can't break up with himself. Can things get any worse for John Robins? At Christmas, he was dumped by his partner of four years, Sara Pascoe. She’s now performing a hit Edinburgh show that's candid to the point of cruelty about their breakup. I'd fear for the man's wellbeing were his own show on the subject to be eclipsed by hers. Happy to report, then, that it's every bit as good. Not only is Robins extremely forthright about his emotional wretchedness post-breakup, he's also consistently, uproariously funny. The two moods don't contradict, they complement - which is an impressive feat.

Ever worried about laboratory-grown meat, accidentally touching someone’s hand on the train or the impending nuclear apocalypse? Then join Jon Richardson as he hilariously works out exactly how worried the British public should be about everything there is to worry about.

Each week a group of four famous faces go toe to toe in testing their general knowledge skills in a variety of entertaining games.

Greg Davies is the Taskmaster, and with the help of his ever-loyal assistant Alex Horne, they will set out to test the wiles, wit, wisdom and skills of five hyper-competitive comedians. Who will be crowned the Taskmaster champion in this brand new game show?

Funny Valentines is a comedy collection of nine original short films exclusive to BBC iPlayer, written and starring many of Britain's finest comedians. Each comedian was invited to create a short Funny Valentine to bring their unique take on the international day of love.

Join Comedy Central at The Comedy Store to see Britain's best comics perform at London's best comedy club.