Terry Jones dies at 77
Four years after his dementia diagnosis
22/01/2020 … Michael Palin, Eric Idle and John Cleese are among those who have paid tribute to their Monty Python colleague Terry Jones after he died at the age of…
2020 Archives
Wed 22 January 2020
© Andrew Perry Richard Gadd’s Baby Reindeer heads to the West End
Comedian's 'terrifying' show then transfers to New York
22/01/2020 … Richard Gadd’s acclaimed one-man show Baby Reindeer is heading to London’s West End.
Now THAT's how to throw a sickie...
Russell Brand's audacious lie to get off work
22/01/2020 … Russell Brand is not known for doing things by halves – and even before he got into comedy he pulled the most audacious sickie of all time.
© BBC Comedy Central orders a series from transgender comic Jordan Gray
Sketches set in a supermarket night shift
22/01/2020 … Transgender stand-up Jordan Gray has landed her own series of shorts of Comedy Central.
Touts offer Dave Chappelle tickets – for £417
Instant bid to cash in on intimate London gigs
22/01/2020 … Greedy touts are already asking more than £400 for tickets to see Dave Chappelle in London.
Mondeo
A bitter-sweet comedy short about running into an old friend
22/01/2020 … Ghosts actor Kiell Smith-Bynoe stars in this new comedy video about running into an old friend in the street.
The Royal Family becomes a laughing stock...
New animated comedy with Orlando Bloom and Tom Hollander
22/01/2020 … Orlando Bloom, Tom Hollander and Alan Cumming are to lend their voices to a new animated comedy series about the Royal Family.
© BBC Little Britain set for a TV comeback
Walliams and Lucas encouraged by reaction to radio Brexit special
22/01/2020 … More Little Britain is on the way – 12 years after the last TV series.