Friar in the booth
Chris Turner proves you can't spell Trappist without 'rap'
17/11/2017 … Comic and rapper Chris Turner has offered his own version of 1Xtra's famed Fire In The Booth strand.
2017 Archives
Fri 17 November 2017
© Liz West/CC BY-SA 2.0 War on Christmas
17/11/2017 … Quote of the week ’People ask me all the time, what it's like to be a woman in comedy.
Unleaded comedy?
Mark Watson gig cancelled after thieves steal the lead from venue roof
17/11/2017 … Mark Watson has had to cancel his gig tonight – after thieves stole the lead from the venue’s roof.
Meet the comedian playing 7 countries in 7 languages in 7 days
'You have to keep challenging yourself'
17/11/2017 … A comedian is to perform seven gigs in seven languages in seven nations in seven days.
How to draw an elephant
17/11/2017 … Comedian Joz Norris shows us all how to draw an elephant in a new online sketch.
Christopher Bliss: Writing Wrongs at Pleasance Islington
17/11/2017 … The internet has made creators of us all, which makes Christopher Bliss – a self-styled novelist of zero talent – seem particularly relevant.
'Can you still love someone who did bad things?'
Sarah Silverman on her friend Louis CK
17/11/2017 … Sarah Silverman has responded to the revelations about Louis CK, admitting that she’s conflicted about how one of her best friends could have sexually harassed…
Thu 16 November 2017
Have we got complaints for you
Panel show causes most offence
16/11/2017 … Have I Got News for You has topped a list of complaints made to the BBC in the past two weeks The contentious episode, in which host Jo Brand took the all-male…