Heckled by my own dad!
Jason Manford recalls his family's drunken antics
23/04/2021 … Jason Manford has recalled how his parents got escorted out of the biggest gig of his life after getting drunk and heckling him.
2021 Archives
Fri 23 April 2021
I didn't want to become Vernon Kay!
Russell Howard on the pressure to become a TV presenter
23/04/2021 … Russell Howard has spoken of how he was under huge pressure to get into TV presenting early in his career - because of his ‘boyband’ looks.
Thu 22 April 2021
Inside No 9 series 6: David Sowerbutts reacts
A response to the first trailer
22/04/2021 … The trailer for the sixth series of Inside No 9 landed this week, and already fans have been dissecting it looking for clues.
Jamali Maddix announces 2022 tour
22/04/2021 … Jamali Maddix has announced a 28-date tour for 2022, entitled King Crud.
© Avalon/BBC Don Rodolfo
Ciaran Dowd’s swashbuckler comes to BBC Two
22/04/2021 … It’s a big week for 2018 Edinburgh Comedy Award winners.
© BBC Wales BBC Wales orders Mike Bubbins sitcom
Comic plays a 1970s PE teacher in the present day
22/04/2021 … Stand-up Mike Bubbins is to play a 1970s PE teacher suddenly supplanted into the present day in a new comedy series.
So You Think You're Funny? returns
22/04/2021 … Leading new comedian competition So You Think You’re Funny? is to return this year, organisers at Edinburgh’s Gilded Balloon have announced.
Edinburgh Fringe offers cash help for 2021
22/04/2021 … Comedians and venues can apply for a share of a £75,000 funding pot to help them come to the Edinburgh Fringe this year.