© Channel 4 Look who's doing Celebrity Googlebox
Comics join C4's Stand Up To Cancer fundraiser
03/11/2023 … Bob Mortimer, Richard Ayoade Harry Hill and Tim Vine have all signed up for Channel 4’s Celebrity Gogglebox.
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Fri 03 November 2023
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Iain Stirling and Laura Whitmore launch a true-crime podcast
03/11/2023 … The world has got yet another true-crime podcast, this one hosted by Iain Stirling and his wife Laura Whitmore.
Thu 02 November 2023
NextUp to steam Glee and Frog & Bucket gigs
02/11/2023 … NextUp have teamed up with the Glee and Frog & Bucket comedy clubs to stream gigs to their subscribers.
Ex-soldier wins Jim Davidson's comedy talent hunt
Pat Smith takes Laughter Class title
02/11/2023 … Former soldier Pat Smith has won the comedy talent hunt run by Jim Davidson.
© Matt Frost Bradley Walsh to explore his Legends of Comedy
Three-part series for Channel 5
02/11/2023 … Bradley Walsh is to host Legends Of Comedy, a new three-part series for Channel 5.
Wed 01 November 2023
© HBO Leo Reich gets an HBO special
Literally Who Cares?! also coming to Sky Comedy next month
01/11/2023 … Leo Reich’s first solo stand-up show has been made into a comedy special to air on Sky Comedy next month – as well as on HBO in the States.
Jimmy Carr announces new tour – with two shows EVERY night
Also first tour for Edinburgh best newcomer Urooj Ashfaq
01/11/2023 … He’s already the hardest-working man in comedy – and now Jimmy Carr is packing in twice as many shows into his next stand-up tour.
Tue 31 October 2023
© BBC Why is this 'explicitly racist' Little Britain sketch still on iPlayer?
Viewers express concern in Ofcom survey that also covered Jimmy Carr's rape jokes
31/10/2023 … Viewers have expressed shock that an ‘explicitly racist’ Little Britain sketch is still available on the BBC iPlayer in an official report into TV standards.