Celebs learn stand-up for new TV show
...and Russell Kane will teach them
14/02/2020 … Russell Kane is to teach celebrities how to become stand-up comedians in a new Channel 4 show.
2020 Archives
Fri 14 February 2020
Alan won't be doing the cha-cha-Carr
Comic turns down Strictly 'every year'
14/02/2020 … Alan Carr has revealed that he’s asked to take part in Strictly Come Dancing ‘every year’.
Zoe Lyons to present new BBC game show
Lightning strikes BBC Two's teatime slot
14/02/2020 … Zoe Lyons is to host a new teatime quiz show on BBC Two.
Thu 13 February 2020
When is After Life series 2 coming to Netflix?
13/02/2020 … Netflix has announced the date Ricky Gervais’s comedy After Life will return.
Avenue 5 is given more space
Second series for Armando Iannucci's sci-fi comedy
13/02/2020 … Armando Iannucci’s space comedy Avenue 5 has been renewed for a second season.
Reece Shearsmith and Mark Gatiss reunited
...in a new play written by Steven Moffat
13/02/2020 … Reece Shearsmith is to be reunited with his League of Gentlemen co-star Mark Gatiss in a new play.
'That heckle was just the funniest, quickest, loveliest thing'
Alex Kealy on his most memorable gigs
13/02/2020 … As Alex Kealy prepares to hit the road with his new stand-up show, Rationale, he shares some of his most memorable gigs.
© Edwardx/Catherine Harbour/CC BY-SA 4.0 Slowthai apologies for his lecherous advances on Katherine Ryan
Comic laughs off NME awards controversy
13/02/2020 … Rapper Slowthai has apologised for his ‘shameful’ actions towards Katherine Ryan at the NME awards last night.