Jack Whitehall backs Frog & Bucket
Comic donates £6,000 to club the government won't help
26/10/2020 … Jack Whitehall has donated £6,000 to help keep Manchester’s Frog and Bucket comedy club alive, after it was snubbed for government bailout help.
Mon 26 October 2020
© ITV Ofcom rejects complaints against Nabil Abdulrashid
No further action after 3,000+ viewers objected to BGT jokes
26/10/2020 … Ofcom has rejected more than 3,000 complaints about the material comedian Nabil Abdulrashid performed on Britain’s Got Talent.
Filming starts on Kitty Flanagan's Australian sitcom
Comic plays a probate lawyer in Fisk
26/10/2020 … Filming has started on Kitty Flanagan’s Australian sitcom, in which the stand-up plays a lawyer forced to take a job at a ‘shabby suburban firm specialising…
© Andrew Perry Richard Gadd wins an Olivier Award
Stalking show Baby Reindeer wins top theatre gong
26/10/2020 … Richard Gadd has won an Olivier award for his one-man show Baby Reindeer.
Sun 25 October 2020
Clinton Baptiste postpones spring shows
What has Phoenix Nights psychic seen coming?
25/10/2020 … Let’s hope he hasn’t foreseen the future of live entertainment – but hapless psychic Clinton Baptiste has postponed his spring dates for…
© C4 Maxxx wasn't axxxed
The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio
25/10/2020 … Sunday October 25 THE BIG SCOTTISH BOOK CLUB: One of the guests on this returning literary show is comedian Janey Godley, who will be discussing her book Handstands…
Three?! Bill Bailey stunned by miserly Strictly score
25/10/2020 … Bill Bailey came third from bottom in the Strictly leaderboard as he made his debut on the show last night.