Big grants to keep comedy venues alive
12/10/2020 … Several comedy venue have received five- and six-figure sums from the Government to help keep them viable through the coronavirus pandemic.
2020 Archives
Mon 12 October 2020
New book from Rosie Wilby
12/10/2020 … Rosie Wilby is writing a book about her ‘obsession’ with relationship failures.
Ed Gamble to host Taskmaster podcast
Official tie-in as show moves to Channel 4
12/10/2020 … Ed Gamble is to host an official Taskmaster podcast to coincide with the show’s debut on Channel 4.
Dawn French: I'm glad I'm not starting in comedy today
Comic says she would fear 'haters' challenging edgy material
12/10/2020 … Dawn French has weighed into the so-called ‘cancel culture’ debate – saying she fears a censorious society could stop comedians experimenting…
Sun 11 October 2020
How Gina Yashere got her big break from a Google search
...not 13 years of slogging around the US clubs
11/10/2020 … Gina Yashere has told how she slogged away around the American comedy circuit for years - only to get her big break when a Hollywood bigwig googled ‘Nigerian…
Why are horrible comedians getting so rich?
Highlights from Andy Kindler's State Of The Industry Address
11/10/2020 … Stand-up Andy Kindler has lashed out at comedians who become right-week commentators in his annual State Of The Industry address.
Talk about a dream job...
Matt Lucas got the Bake Off gig after Noel Fielding dreamt it, he reveals to Jimmy Carr
11/10/2020 … Matt Lucas got his Bake-Off job thanks to a dream Noel Fielding had.
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Taskmaster comes to Channel 4 and the rest of the week's top TV comedy
11/10/2020 … The week's best comedy on TV and radio.