Jim Davidson gig pulled at last minute
09/11/2017 … Jim Davidson’s show was pulled just 30 minutes before he was due on stage last night.
2017 Archives
Thu 09 November 2017
Count Arthur Strong to return to radio
...and he's going on tour in 2018
09/11/2017 … The BBC has commissioned two more episodes of Count Arthur Strong’s Radio Show.
BBC boss: Local radio should nurture new comedy talent
Lord Hall cites Radio Norfolk project
09/11/2017 … BBC director-general Tony Hall has called on local radio stations to do more to nurture new comedy talent.
Top of the Notts
Simon Lomas scoops festival's new act title
09/11/2017 … Simon Lomas has been won the Nottingham Comedy Festival's new act of the year competition.
More Man Down bloopers
Greg Davies struggles to sing the Coconut Song
09/11/2017 … Channel 4 have released another Man Down bloopers clip, featuring Greg Davies trying to hold his composure while singing a dubious coconut-based song.
Wed 08 November 2017
BBC celebrates the world of stand-up
International showcase for the World Service
08/11/2017 … Britain’s international comedy scene is to be celebrated in a special World Service programme to be broadcast around the globe.
© Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 3.0 How Nick Frost's career has been built on a lie
Actor comes clean over Spaced role
08/11/2017 … Nick Frost’s entire career has been built on a lie.
Giving John Shuttleworth a rest
Creator Graham Fellows goes on tour as himself
08/11/2017 … John Shuttleworth creator Graham Fellows is hanging up his purple leather jacket and putting his Yahama in storage – and performing his first tour as himself.