© BBC/Comic Relief French and Saunders go into The Repair Shop
08/03/2022 … Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders will be popping into The Repair Shop in a new Comic Relief sketch.
2022 Archives
Tue 08 March 2022
© BBC/Comic Relief Mon 07 March 2022
© BBC Open All Hours star Lynda Baron dies at 82
Other roles included the children's show Come Outside
07/03/2022 … Lynda Baron, best known for playing Nurse Gladys Emmanuel in Open All Hours, has died at the age of 82.
© Ben King 'It doesn't matter how much money or success I have, every day I'm on the struggle bus a bit'
Hannah Gadsby talks fame, autism... and people hating her comedy
07/03/2022 … ‘People have a lot of opinions about me,’ Hannah Gadsby says, in what must be the pinnacle of understatements When her breakthrough special Nanette…
© Monstera/Pexels Why women can get away with telling bad jokes
Society judges them less harshly, study finds
07/03/2022 … People are more forgiving of women who crack bad jokes than they are of men, a new study has found.
Radio 4 orders another series from comic Jamie MacDonald
More stories about losing his sight
07/03/2022 … Radio 4 has commissioned a second series of Jamie MacDonald’s stand-up show Life On The Blink.
Comedy Store signs Ashish Suri
New act for club's management arm
07/03/2022 … The management arm of the Comedy Store has signed up Ashish Suri, the fourth comedian to sign to the agency in five months.
Glasgow International Comedy Festival launches a podcast
...with comics sharing their favourite parts of the city
07/03/2022 … The Glasgow International Comedy Festival has launched its own podcast, with Scott Agnew interviewing fellow performers including Jack Docherty, Craig Hill…
Ted Chippington back on tour
Stewart Lee's favourite comic to support Stewart Lee's favourite band
07/03/2022 … Cult stand-up Ted Chippington is to support post-punk rockers The Nightingales on their next tour.