© UKTV Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster to make eight new episodes
21/06/2019 … The Dave channel has formally announced that Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster are to return for a second series of Hypothetical.
© Comedy Central 21/06/2019 … Jimmy Carr has come under fire for making a bad-taste joke about dwarves in his latest stand-up show.
But the judges love him anyway...
21/06/2019 … A comedian on America’s Got Talent has been rapped for ripping off Andy Kaufman.
© BBC 21/06/2019 … The Gold TV channel has confirmed that Sir Lenny Henry is to host a new show repackaging old Morecambe and Wise clips, as Chortle reported last month.
© BBC/Talkback/Brian Ritchie Kind Hearts and Coronets set to open next year
21/06/2019 … Stephen Fry has adapted the classic Ealing comedy Kind Hearts And Coronets for the West End stage.
Play review by Steve Bennett at the King's Head, Islington
20/06/2019 … Where DO they get their ideas? In Brexit, a newly installed Tory Prime Minister is hamstrung by the two wings of his party, trying to negotiate a path between gung-ho…
Only the second Brit ever to be nominated for the Helpmann
20/06/2019 … James Acaster has been nominated for one of the top awards for live entertainment in Australia.
© BBC/Two Brothers More acclaim for Phoebe Waller-Bridge
20/06/2019 … Fleabag is up for three gongs in the prestigious Television Critics Awards in America, including programme of the year.
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