What was Harry Hill's X Factor musical called?
27/02/2018 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly trivia quiz - compiled, as always by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
2018 Archives
Tue 27 February 2018
Comic apologises for 'appalling' trolling of critic
Journalist exploses Tim Ferguson's ‘vile and obscene campaign of bullying’
27/02/2018 … Australian comedian Tim Ferguson has apologised for sending crude messages to a critic who gave him a bad review more than 25 years ago.
Lee Mack: I threatened to axe Not Going Out over booze ads
Comic's stance after BBC show moved to Dave
27/02/2018 … Lee Mack threatened to pull the plug on Not Going Out – because he didn’t want the show being used to sell alcohol.
© David A Ellis / Creative Commons 3.0/CC BY-SA 3.0 Doddy heads home
Sir Ken is coming out of hospital after six weeks
27/02/2018 … Sir Ken Dodd is leaving hospital after his successful treatment for a severe chest infection.
Humphrey Ker set to star in US comedy series
Regular role in The Greatest American Hero
27/02/2018 … Comedian Humphrey Ker could be set for a major US breakthrough after landing a lead role in a pilot of a network comedy.
Mon 26 February 2018
The TV stand-up show written by its viewers
Rhod Gilbert and Stuart Goldsmith pilot crowdsourced format
26/02/2018 … TV executives are piloting a new stand-up show – with all the gags crowd-sourced.
East European Comedy Festival: English Speaking Comedy Borsch
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Top Secret Comedy Club, London
26/02/2018 … As temperatures turn decidedly Baltic, what better time for a festival of East European comedy? For expats in multicultural London, it’s a chance to sample…