Why do people get offended by comedy?
20/09/2012 … At a gig the other day I was asked by an audience member why so many comedians seem to be getting in trouble with jokes that 'go too far'.
2012 Archives
Thu 20 September 2012
A pair of Jack's
Whitehall to record two TV pilots in a week
20/09/2012 … Jack Whitehall is to pilot two new TV vehicles – just a week apart.
Stephen K Amos: I Used To Say My Mother Was Shirley Bassey
20/09/2012 … Stephen K Amos’s literary debut is, unsurprisingly, written with the same light touch as his crowd-pleasing stand-up.
BBC Three orders Pappy's sitcom
Studio show from Edinburgh Fringe trio
20/09/2012 … Sketch trio Pappy’s are to make their own six-part sitcom for BBC Three.
RIP Michael Hurll
Creator of British Comedy Awards dies at 75
20/09/2012 … Michael Hurll - the man who started the British Comedy Awards – died yesterday at the age of 75.