The Comedy Bureau
Episodes
Case File 20: Are Dogs Funny?
26 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to The Comedy Bureau! Somehow, we find ourselves at the end of our second series! We really hope you've enjoyed what we've been putting o...
Case File 19: Is There A Right Way To Do Comedy?
19 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to The Comedy Bureau - the comedy dissection podcast where comedian Laura Lexx and academic Oliver Double take comedy arguably too seriou...
Case File 18: How Does True Crime Become Comedy?
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Finally! The Bureau throws open its doors again and you can access the fantastic second part of our Tichborne Claimant story... this week focusing on ...
Case File 17: Can True Crime Ever Be Comedy?
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to The Comedy Bureau... where this week we are doing something slightly different! This is the first in a two part series where we are looking...
Case File 16: What is the Edinburgh Fringe?
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Comedy Bureau Laura and Olly turn their attention to the biggest thing in the British comedy calendar... The Edinburgh Fringe Festiva...
Case File 15: What Is a Comedy MC?
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to The Comedy Bureau - your one stop pod for all things deep dive comedy nerdish!Every week academic Oliver Double and comedian Laura Lex...
Case File 14: Who Was Victoria Wood?
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the latest episode of The Comedy Bureau. The Comedy Bureau is a passion project from comedian Laura Lexx and academic Oliver Double. The pa...
Case File 13: What Was The First Stand Up On TV?
05 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hello and welcome back to The Comedy Bureau! On the podcast this week academic Oliver Double and stand-up comedian Laura Lexx have a look back at the ...
Case File 12: Can Apes Laugh?
29 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the second episode of series two from The Comedy Bureau!In this episode we step slightly outside of our own expertise and explore some...
Case File 11: What was a Jester?
22 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to The Comedy Bureau! The office is now open for a fantastic second series with ten upcoming episodes all about different fascinating nic...
Working From Home - Who Was Artemus Ward?
08 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this very special between series Working From Home episode, we welcome another guest to The Comedy Bureau. Wayne is based in LA, and is basically t...
Christmas Special 2025: What is Panto?
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Merry Christmas from everyone at The Comedy Bureau! To celebrate the season of rest and love we are bringing you a very special episode recorded away ...
Working From Home: Who Was Samuel Foote?
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The offices of The Comedy Bureau are currently closed, with strict instructions from the caretaker not to disturb a single leaf on the peace lily unti...
Case File 10: What's The Deal With Stand Up and Brick Walls?
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re a fan of standup comedy then you will be absolutely familiar with the stereotypical depiction of stand up happening in the basement of a c...
Case File 9: When Did Alternative Comedy Start?
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What an exceptional episode we have for you today… in 2023 Laura Lexx appeared on Celebrity Mastermind with her specialist subject being The History...
Case File 8: Is Woke Killing Comedy?
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Stand-up comedian Laura Lexx brings this case file to the table to address one of the top questions she’s presented with when telling strangers what...
Case File 7: Why Do We Laugh at Others?
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Finishing up our mini-series in Comic Theory, this week Laura and Olly turn their attention to Superiority Theory. This is the idea that people laugh ...
Case File 6: Is It a Relief To Laugh?
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, The Comedy Bureau team continue their mini series looking at popular comic theories. Last week they explored Incongruity, and this week the...
Case File 5: Funny Peculiar or Funny HaHa?
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the offices of The Comedy Bureau, staffed by comedian Laura Lexx and tame historian and comic lecturer Olly Double! This week Laura an...
Case File 4: Are Women Funny?
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the cosy offices of The Comedy Bureau. Staffed by comedian Laura Lexx and academic Olly Double, it’s the go to place for all the com...
Case File 3: What Is A Joke?
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to The Comedy Bureau! In the third episode, Laura and Olly open the doors of the office just in time for Laura to pose Olly another impos...
Case File 2: What Is Laughter?
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the office of The Comedy Bureau, here you will find Reader in Popular Performance and Comic History Olly Double, alongside comedian an...
Case File 1: Who Was The First Stand Up Comedian?
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the very first episode of The Comedy Bureau, stand-up comedian, author and podcaster Laura Lexx poses comedy academic Olly Double an impossible que...
The Comedy Bureau...launching 25th September 2025!
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Comedy Bureau launches Thursday 25th September at 7pm (UK time) with its first three case files. Academic Oliver Double and comedian Laura Lexx be...