© Chatham House/CC BY-SA 2.0 Why did Facebook hire Nick Clegg?
19/10/2018 … Tweets of the week Initially popular with the young but now no longer trusted, Facebook appoints Nick Clegg.
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Fri 19 October 2018
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ITV's bid for gender equality in comedy writing
Department head launches new initiative
19/10/2018 … ITV has set itself a target to have an equal number of male and female writers across its comedy shows.
Forget Golden Grahams, try Golden Girls cereal
...it's even been given a blue rinse!
19/10/2018 … The Golden Girls now have their own breakfast cereal – and it’s flying off the shelves.
Trailer for new Netflix series The Degenerates
Featuring six 'crude and offensive' stand-ups
19/10/2018 … Netflix has released a trailer for its new stand-up series The Degenerates.
© UKTV 'The genius of Mel Brooks was a gift to humanity'
Paul Kaye – currently starring as the wizard Howell in Zapped – shares his comedy favourites
19/10/2018 … Dick Shawn dancing As a kid, my dad sat me down to watch Its A Mad Mad Mad Mad World on TV one Christmas and told me I was about to see the funniest film every…
Thu 18 October 2018
Tom Ward's Jools Holland impression
On Comedy Central's Stand-Up Central
18/10/2018 … Tom Ward reveals the soundtrack to his life in his appearance on Comedy Central's Stand-Up Central.
'Deep-fried frog is something of an acquired taste'
Sue Perkins on her new travel memoirs
18/10/2018 … Sue Perkins’s new travel memoir, East Of Croydon, is published today; to be followed by a short book tour later in the month.
© Tristram Kenton Pick your moment, Lesley...
How Birds Of A Feather star rattled Ross Noble seconds before he took to the stage
18/10/2018 … Timing is everything in comedy, as Ross Noble unfortunately understands all too well.