Alistair Williams named British Comedian Of The Year
'Cancelled' comic wins £10k after overwhelming audience vote
30/11/2023 … Alistair Williams has been named British Comedian Of The Year – scooping the £10,001 top prize.
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Thu 30 November 2023
Wed 29 November 2023
James Acaster becomes UK's top podcaster
Sayonara, Joe Rogan... Springleaf's the new No1
29/11/2023 … James Acaster has toppled Joe Rogan to become the UK’s top podcaster.
© ITV/Fremantle BGT comedian's fury at David Walliams payout
Clare Harrison McCartney believes she was the target of ex-judge's misognistic comments
29/11/2023 … A comedian who claims she was the subject of crude comments David Walliams made on Britain’s Got Talent has slammed the settlement awarded to the show’s…
Guz Khan laughs off Have I Got News For You complaints
Comic criticised for posts about Israeli 'war crimes' and 'genocide'
29/11/2023 … Guz Khan has laughed off complaints that his tweets about ‘genocidal’ Israel make him an unfit host of Have I Got News For You.
© BBC/Passion Docs/Trevor Leighton BBC to remember Caroline Aherne in new documentary
...as another celebrates French and Saunders
29/11/2023 … Caroline Aherne and French & Saunders are to be celebrated in two new BBC documentaries this Christmas.
Dave channel to become U&Dave
...'like something straight out of W1A'
29/11/2023 … Comedy channel Dave is to be renamed U&Dave in a rebranding move by parent company UKTV.
Taskmaster to become a virtual reality game
Watch the trailer featuring Alex Horne and Greg Davies
29/11/2023 … Taskmaster is being turned into a virtual reality video game.
Tue 28 November 2023
Eddie Izzard takes on Hamlet
Solo performance of Shakespeare's classic
28/11/2023 … Eddie Izzard will play 23 characters in a new one-person version of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet in New York.