© BBC Early Doors's 'Old Tommy' dies
08/09/2020 … Actor Rodney Litchfield, who played Old Tommy in Early Doors, has died at the age of 81.
2020 Archives
Tue 08 September 2020
© BBC 
'It proves the first one wasn't a fluke'
After Life wins its second TV choice award
08/09/2020 … Ricky Gervais’s After Life has been named best comedy at the TV Choice Award.
Mon 07 September 2020
Iain Stirling reschedules tour
Including the recording of his Amazon Prime special
07/09/2020 … Iain Stirling has postponed the autumn leg of his Failing Upwards stand-up tour for a full year.
Comedians to storm Warwick Castle
More venues host socially-distanced gigs
07/09/2020 … Stand-ups including Phil Wang, Flo & Joan and Sindhu Vee are to perform at Warwick Castle, as the medieval stronghold becomes the latest unusual venue to host…
Racist - or misrepresented?
Right-wing comic Leo Kearse seeks apology over tweet that 'smeared' him
07/09/2020 … Comedian Leo Kearse is demanding an apology after saying he was ‘smeared’ by a senior member of the newly formed Live Comedy Association who implied…
© BBC/Fudge Park Comedies up for 2020 Broadcast Digital Awards
07/09/2020 … Sky’s Brassic and Breeders are up against BBC Three’s Enterprice, Man Like Mobeen, The Young Offenders and This Country for best comedy show at this…
The punchline gap
Rosalie Minnitt and Alison Middleton suggest ways to level the comedy circuit playing field
07/09/2020 … It is a truth universally acknowledged that men get more laughs than women.
Nigel Ng hits 1m followers on YouTube and TikTok
Uncle Roger's fried rice video makes comic go viral
07/09/2020 … Comedian Nigel Ng is celebrating after amassing more than one million subscribers on both YouTube and TikTok during lockdown.