Tim Renkow hailed as a Bafta Breakthrough
Along with Home star Youssef Kerkour
18/11/2020 … Comic Tim Renkow and Home star Youssef Kerkour have been named among Bafta’s breakout talents of 2020.
2020 Archives
Wed 18 November 2020
© Steve Ullathorne Book and screen deal for comic and psychiatrist Benji Waterhouse
The next This Is Going To Hurt?
18/11/2020 … Comedian Benji Waterhouse has signed a book, TV and film deal for his memoirs about being a junior psychiatrist.
Revealed: The celebrities learning comedy for Stand Up and Deliver
'A Reverend, an actress, a politician, a reality star, and a musical legend'
18/11/2020 … Channel 4 has revealed the names of the celebrities dabbling in comedy for Stand Up and Deliver.
Who's on the 2020 Royal Variety Performance?
18/11/2020 … Jason Manford, Jo Caulfield and Daliso Chaponda will all be appearing at this year’s Royal Variety Performance.
Tue 17 November 2020
Which politician was replaced by a tub of lard on Have I Got News For You?
17/11/2020 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Matt Forde's drunken lunge at Tony Blair
Comic recalls Chequers incident
17/11/2020 … Matt Forde drunkenly jabbed Tony Blair in the chest after a party at Chequers.
'Comics are self-censoring more than people realise'
Watch preview clips of new Irvine Welsh documentary on 'offence'
17/11/2020 … Stand-ups Geoff Norcott and Andrew Doyle say the fear of causing offence is stifling risk-taking in comedy.
© Matt Crockett 'A comedy chain letter'
30 stand-ups write a new short story series
17/11/2020 … Thirty comedians including Phil Wang, Mark Watson, Ivo Graham, Ahih Shah, Felicity Ward and Eleanor Tiernan have contributed to a new series of audio short…