© JohnMcKenzie/British Music Hall Society Annual Music Hall and Variety Day launched
08/05/2020 … May 16 is to be declared Annual Music Hall and Variety Day in honour of Roy Hudd.
Fri 08 May 2020
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VE Day: What was making us laugh 75 years ago?
A look back at the comedy on air in June 1945
08/05/2020 … Today is the much-vaunted 75th anniversary of VE Day.
Edinburgh Fringe chief to delay his departure
Sir Timothy O’Shea won't be quitting in August
08/05/2020 … Professor Sir Timothy O’Shea is to remain as chair of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society because of the coronavirus.
Victory for Jerry Seinfeld in Comedians In Cars... copyright case
Director's claim thrown out of court
08/05/2020 … Jerry Seinfeld has triumphed in a court case over who created his hit Netflix series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.
The Day We Drank The Nazis Out Of Town
08/05/2020 … It's the 75th anniversary of VE Day – and in this song comedian and folk singer David Eagle tells another tale of the day the Nazis were defeated.
Community service...
Cast of US sitcom to reunite for a virtual read-through
08/05/2020 … The cast of US sitcom Community are to reunite, five years after the show ended.
© Fudge Park/BBC We love exploring the fault lines where masculinity and insecurity collide
Inbetweeners creators Iain Morris and Damon Beesley on their new football comedy, The First Team
08/05/2020 … How did The First Team come about? Damon: As far as I remember - I’m very old now - we started toying with the concept of a comedy set around professional…
Rich Hall performs comedy in his shed
08/05/2020 … Rich Hall isn't going to let a little thing like a global lockdown stop him from performing stand-up.