Lenny Henry: 'Comedy's rediscovered its punk spirit'
'We've been waiting for a bit of anarchy'
07/11/2017 … Comedians have rediscovered a punk spirit amid today’s political turmoil, Sir Lenny Henry says.
2017 Archives
Tue 07 November 2017
How Brendon O'Carroll responded to offshore tax probe
07/11/2017 … Mrs Brown’s Boys creator Brendan O’Carroll didn’t mince his words when the BBC’s Panorama programme started investigating the dubious tax…
What a birthday present!
Kathryn Mather wins Beat The Frog World series
07/11/2017 … Former children's entertainer Kathryn Mather has won the annual new talent hunt run by Manchester’s Frog and Bucket comedy club.
More 'Bad Moves' for ITV
07/11/2017 … ITV has ordered a second series of Jack Dee’s comedy Bad Move.
Mon 06 November 2017
Rare Tony Hancock recordings released
06/11/2017 … The BBC has released a collection of rare Tony Hancock recordings on CD.
Help, by Simon Amstell
06/11/2017 … Simon Amstell said he was ‘tricked’ into writing this book.
© BBC/BOC Productions Mrs Brown's tax avoiders
How sitcom stars sent their fees offshore
06/11/2017 … Three stars of Mrs Brown's Boys have been named as diverting more than £2million into an offshore tax-avoidance scheme.
'A poetic uppercut on your being'
Jordan Brookes chooses his Perfect Playlists.
06/11/2017 … As his run in London's Soho Theatre starts this week, Jordan Brookes picks some of his comedy favourites: Buster Keaton There’s a smallness and subtlety…