Josh Szeps in #youtoo
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
05/04/2019 … ‘More like a TED Talk,’ has become something of a running joke for comedy shows with an earnest agenda, but it’s hard to think of a more fitting…
2019 Archives
Fri 05 April 2019
Mark Silcox vs Burger King
From Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back
05/04/2019 … Mark Silcox puts Burger King's ‘have it your way’ slogan to the test in this clip from Joe Lycett's new Channel 4 programme.
The Fiddling Horse
First trailer for forthcoming Andy Kindler comedy
05/04/2019 … Here is the first look at Andy Kindler in the forthcoming dark independent comedy movie The Fiddling Horse.
Thu 04 April 2019
© Steve Ullathorne Paul Merton to share his favourite funny stories
In a new anthology book out this autumn
04/04/2019 … Paul Merton has selected 100 of his favourite funny short stories for a new anthology to be published later this year.
© BBC 'Ban Frankie Boyle for his sick IRA joke'
...says terror survivor Lord Tebbit
04/04/2019 … Norman Tebbit has called on Frankie Boyle to be banned from the BBC for joking that he wished the IRA would murder leading Tories.
More festivals reveal their comedy line-ups
04/04/2019 … The Green Man and the Lost Village Festivals have announced their comedy line-line-ups The Last Laugh bill at Green Man – which takes place in the…
© CTVC 'I went on a pilgrimage to the Vatican – and now I'm an atheist'
Katy Brand and Stephen K Amos on their religious trek for TV
04/04/2019 … Stephen K Amos, Katy Brand, Les Dennis and Lesley Joseph are among the celebrities who took part in a pilgrimage to Rome for BBC Two Along with dancer Brendan…
Who's on the Reserve list?
Pleasance announces its showcase line-up
04/04/2019 … The Pleasance has announced the line up for its annual Comedy Reserve showcase at the Fringe.