© Stuart Hogben 'It was annoying to read that I'd died...'
Bill Bailey recalls a major BBC slip-up
13/12/2018 … Bill Bailey has been recalling the surreal moment when he read of his own death on the BBC website.
Thu 13 December 2018
© Stuart Hogben 
Just For Laughs founder charged with rape and assault
13/12/2018 … The founder of Montreal’s Just for Laughs Comedy Festival has been charged with rape and indecent assault.
Kiri Pritchard-McLean becomes Newsjack host
Replacing Angela Barnes on Radio 4 Extra
13/12/2018 … Kiri Pritchard-McLean is to take over as host of Radio 4 Extra’s Newsjack.
Wed 12 December 2018
Peter Kay's worth put at £32million
12/12/2018 … Peter Kay is sitting on a £32million fortune, it has been revealed today.
Proof Die Hard is a Christmas movie
12/12/2018 … Die Hard has been given the Cassetteboy treatment to mark its 30th anniversary.
Scott Bennett triumphs at Midlands Comedy Awards
12/12/2018 … Scott Bennett has been named best act at the annual Midlands Comedy Awards, with Barry Dodds recognised as Best MC for the fourth year in a row.
London college's rules on comedy show 'are like something out of Soviet Russia'
Comedian reveals safe-space terms and conditions
12/12/2018 … A comic has pulled out of a university gig after organisers issued a page of conditions designed to ensure the performance was a ‘safe space’.
Tue 11 December 2018
Who played Scrooge in A Muppet Christmas Carol?
Try our first festive Tuesday Trivia Quiz
11/12/2018 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly trivia quiz - compiled, as always by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.