© Netflix Seems journalists like the stand-up special more than they admit in print...
08/01/2024 … Many critics have slated it, but Ricky Gervais’s Armageddon has won the first Golden Globe for best stand-up special.
Other awards for Barry Dodds, Tony Allen, Andy Smart and Gareth Richards
08/01/2024 … Andrew Bird has been named the comics’ comic of 2023.
Star says Spreadsheet is unlikely to return
08/01/2024 … Katherine Parkinson’s Channel 4 comedy Spreadsheet has been axed after one series, the actress says.
'I lost a day's wages,' says Nathan Cassidy
07/01/2024 … Here's the moment a comedian accidentally smashes his own watch on stage.
The best of the week's comedy on TV, radio and on demand
07/01/2024 … The best of the week's comedy on TV, radio and on demand.
Rhod Gillbert and Miles Jupp tour after their health issues
07/01/2024 … The week's best live comedy.
...at least that's what one US arbitrator has decided
06/01/2024 … A journalist who was fired when his bosses found out he was a part-time stand-up comic must be given his job back, arbitrators have ruled.
© BBC Paul Gorton is a would-be stand-up who's a regular on Joe Wilkinson and David Earl’s podcast
05/01/2024 … The new series of BBC One reality show The Traitors features a familiar name… at least for followers of one popular comedy podcast.
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