© BBC Try our festive Tuesday Trivia Quiz
13/12/2022 … Test your comedy knowledge with the first of two festive multiple-choice trivia quizzes, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian…
© Steve Ullathorne 13/12/2022 … With 14 acts, the final of the Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian Of The Year competition could have been an interminable affair.
Comedian of the Year contenders, punsters and more...
13/12/2022 … The Leicester Comedy Festival has announced the comedians taking part in its flagship competitions next year.
Comedy event wins at UK Festival Awards.
13/12/2022 … Alpine comedy festival Altitude has been named best overseas festival at the UK Festival Awards.
Comic shares his most embarrassing travel stories
13/12/2022 … Jack Whitehall has revealed he once turned up to do a stand-up gig – only to find it was in a sex shop.
‘I’ve got a feeling when I’ve got through all this there’ll be a show in it.’
13/12/2022 … Rhod Gilbert has revealed that he has stage 4 cancer, but is optimistic of recovery and is already planning a new stand-up show about his treatment.
Review of Richard Herring's book about his testicular cancer
12/12/2022 … Twenty years ago, Richard Herring had a hit with Talking Cock, a stand-up show all about the penis that was licensed around the world and spawned a successful…
'A unique and irreplaceable talent'
12/12/2022 … Writer, broadcaster and satirist Victor Lewis-Smith has died at the age of 65.
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