© Jill Furmanovsky Netflix signs Daniel Sloss
Two specials for release this year
16/05/2018 … Scottish comic Daniel Sloss is to release two stand-up specials on Netflix.
2018 Archives
Wed 16 May 2018
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She quit comedy – but Hannah Gadsby's back at the Fringe
And her new show is billed as 'hilarious'. What gives?
16/05/2018 … She solemnly vowed to quit comedy after her last show, saying it was an unhealthy occupation that would suspend her ‘in a permanent state of adolescence’.
Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier
16/05/2018 … TV channel Dave has a good record of commissioning comedians to do what they do best, whether its Dave Gorman with his PowerPoint, Matt Forde with his politics or…
© Luigi Novi/CC BY-SA 3.0 Not funny enough!
Wodehouse prize for comedy books dropped after failing to raise a laugh
16/05/2018 … An annual award for comic novels has been dropped this year – after judges said none of this year's entries were funny enough.
Katherine Ryan to host her own Canadian TV show
To be taped at Montreal's Just For Laughs
16/05/2018 … Katherine Ryan is to return to her native Canada to host a new stand-up show.
Naz Osmanoglu's guide to the Royal Wedding
16/05/2018 … Naz Osmanoglu has offered his guide to the Royal Wedding in a new video for The Times.
Aisling Bea to star in ANOTHER sitcom
Second TV series announced today...
16/05/2018 … Aisling Bea is to star in yet another TV comedy, with the announcement coming just a couple of hours after Channel 4 confirmed her own series.
Zoe Lyons joins MasterChef
Comic is among this year's celebrity line-up
16/05/2018 … Zoe Lyons has been announced as part of the line-up for this year’s Celebrity MasterChef.