Netflix snaps up Hannah Gadsby’s Douglas
New stand-up special to hit the streaming service next year
14/05/2019 … Netflix has snapped up Hannah Gadsby’s new stand-up special, Douglas.
Tue 14 May 2019
Student Comedy Award 2019: Meet the first finalists
14/05/2019 … The first four finalists in the 2019 Chortle Student Comedy Award have been named.
© BBC/Zeppotron 'I pretend I consider the public equals...'
Romesh Ranganathan on his new BBC Two show, The Ranganation
14/05/2019 … Tell us about the show… I wanted to do a topical show not a political show.
Mon 13 May 2019
'We basically character-assassinate Dara for 15 minutes'
Exclusive clip from Steve McNeil's Hey! Listen! audiobook – and win copies
13/05/2019 … Steve McNeil – the co-creator of Dara O Briain's Go Eight Bit – has just released a guide to the history of video games entitled Hey!…
Janet
Brighton Fringe review by Steve Bennett
13/05/2019 … Any fears that alternative comedy is on the wane can be laid to rest with Janet, the tale of a headstrong lump of uncooked dough.
Doris Day dies at 97
Romantic comedy star known for her honey voice
13/05/2019 … Doris Day has died at the age of 97.
© Big Talk Productions 'I will miss the whole of being in this. It’s very dear to my heart'
The stars and creators of Mum mull its last series
13/05/2019 … ‘It finishes as it should,’ says actor Peter Mullen, on how the comedy Mum is coming to a close with its third series.
The Art Of Caring
Brighton Fringe review by Steve Bennett
13/05/2019 … It will come to us all, sooner or later.