Lee Mack: I threatened to axe Not Going Out over booze ads
Comic's stance after BBC show moved to Dave
27/02/2018 … Lee Mack threatened to pull the plug on Not Going Out – because he didn’t want the show being used to sell alcohol.
Tue 27 February 2018
© David A Ellis / Creative Commons 3.0/CC BY-SA 3.0 Doddy heads home
Sir Ken is coming out of hospital after six weeks
27/02/2018 … Sir Ken Dodd is leaving hospital after his successful treatment for a severe chest infection.
Humphrey Ker set to star in US comedy series
Regular role in The Greatest American Hero
27/02/2018 … Comedian Humphrey Ker could be set for a major US breakthrough after landing a lead role in a pilot of a network comedy.
Mon 26 February 2018
The TV stand-up show written by its viewers
Rhod Gilbert and Stuart Goldsmith pilot crowdsourced format
26/02/2018 … TV executives are piloting a new stand-up show – with all the gags crowd-sourced.
East European Comedy Festival: English Speaking Comedy Borsch
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Top Secret Comedy Club, London
26/02/2018 … As temperatures turn decidedly Baltic, what better time for a festival of East European comedy? For expats in multicultural London, it’s a chance to sample…
Episodes finally returns to BBC Two
Only two-and-a-half years after the last season
26/02/2018 … The BBC is to air the final series of Episodes next month – two and half years after the last series.
The 'good' delusion
Luke Mcgibbon on the terrible open-mic comedians convinced of their competence...
26/02/2018 … A friend of mine once said: ‘You know who is a true friend in comedy? Someone who, after a gig in which you did badly, doesn’t say anything, can’t…
© BBC Hold The Sunset sheds viewers
...but John Cleese comedy is still pulling in 5 million
26/02/2018 … John Cleese comedy Hold The Sunset shed a fifth of its audience in its first week.