Radio 4 pilots an East Asian sketch show
With Nigel Ng, Evelyn Mok and Ken Cheng
17/08/2020 … Radio 4 is to pilot a new sketch show from a team of East Asian comedians.
Mon 17 August 2020
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Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Clapham Grand, London
17/08/2020 … The Clapham Grand has hosted some sweaty rock gigs and raucous parties in its day - so to see it as a socially distanced comedy venue, a few tables sparsely scattered…
'Kevin Bridges will do well in comedy'
Our look back at Fringes past arrives at 2009
17/08/2020 … The 2009 Edinburgh Fringe, where Tim Key won the main comedy award for his show The Slutcracker.
Sun 16 August 2020
REM sing the Wombles
16/08/2020 … Ever wondered what it would be like if REM sang the Wombles theme tune? Well, wonder no more as musical impressionist Darrell Maclaine has put on his best…
Short of an audience? Send in the clones
Darren Walsh performs to a sold-out crowd - of himselves
16/08/2020 … Is it the perfect audience - or the worst? Darren Walsh has performed a gig to a crowd comprising entirely of clones of himself.
Is this documentary about Betteridge’s Law the greatest radio show ever made?
The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio
16/08/2020 … The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio.
Russell Brand faces backlash for 'mansplaining feminism'
Comic criticises Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion for their raunchy video
16/08/2020 … Russell Brand is facing a backlash over a video berating Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion for their overt sexuality.