Chortle awards 2015: Watch the highlights
18/03/2015 … Event of the year Collected by Terry Jones for the Monty Python reunion gigs.
2015 Archives
Wed 18 March 2015
Comic guilty of 'condoning terrorism'
Sentenced for Facebook post after Paris attacks
18/03/2015 … French comedian Dieudonne has been found guilty of ‘condoning terrorism’ over a Facebook comment he made in the wake of the Paris terrorist attacks.
Becoming Bob Monkhouse
New Fringe play to celebrate 'comedian's comedian'
18/03/2015 … Bob Monkhouse is to be the subject of a one-man Edinburgh Fringe play, directed by the star of festival hit Morecambe.
Jackie Mason announces UK gigs
Three years after the 'farewell' shows
18/03/2015 … Jackie Mason has announced three London dates – three years after saying he would never be back.
TV awards hail Harry and Paul
18/03/2015 … Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse’s The Story Of The Twos has been named best comedy at the Royal Television Society Awards.
Will Clarkson host Have I Got News For You?
BBC dilemma as he's booked for May
18/03/2015 … BBC executives are facing a quandary after it was revealed that Jeremy Clarkson is scheduled to host an edition of Have I Got News For You.
Gig brawl over woman's loud laugh
Police called to Jeremy Hardy show
18/03/2015 … Police were called to a comedy gig after two women started brawling – in a dispute over whether one was laughing too loudly.