Funny Women announce their 2020 finalists
Eight comics will now perform to an audience entirely made up of judges!
04/09/2020 … The finalists in this year's Funny Women Stage Awards have been announced.
2020 Archives
Fri 04 September 2020
JK Rowling celebrates 20 years of Harry Potter
04/09/2020 … Tweets of the week A 'foible' is something coughed up by cats in New York.
Trump’s version of law and order
04/09/2020 … Nish Kumar discusses Donald Trump’s very fluid definition of law and order in the latest edition of his Quibi series Hello America.
Thu 03 September 2020
© Hat Trick/BBC BBC comedy's not left-wing: its audience has moved to the right
Academic Sebastian Bloomfield argues that dissent is always at the heart of comedy
03/09/2020 … The BBC’s incoming director-general, Tim Davie, is reported to be considering how to balance the broadcaster’s comedy output to showcase both sides of…
John Bishop: Jack Whitehall once paid me for a gig in laughing gas
Audience was too small to cover his £40 fee...
03/09/2020 … Jack Whitehall once paid John Bishop for a gig in laughing gas – claiming couldn’t afford the £40 fee.
Natalie Palamides’ Nate heads to Netflix
Special is being touted as 'this year's Nanette'
03/09/2020 … Nate, Natalie Palamides’ sometimes confrontational clown show about consent, is coming to Netflix.
Oooh, his kecks are on fire...
How Jo Brand got revenge on an awful ex
03/09/2020 … Jo Brand has revealed how she got revenge on an ex who treated her badly – by having a bonfire of his underwear.
© Channel 4 Sharon Horgan joins Netflix thriller Criminal
Police interrogation series to return
03/09/2020 … Sharon Horgan has joined the cast of Netflix thriller Criminal.