Sick joke costs comedian £20,000
Mike Ward must pay damages for insulting disabled teen
21/07/2016 … A Canadian comedian has been ordered to pay just over £20,000 ($35,000) for making jokes at the expense of a disabled teenager.
Thu 21 July 2016
Revealed: Alan Partridge's new book
Travel writing tome to be called Nomad
21/07/2016 … Alan Partridge's new book is to be called Nomad and released on October 20, it has been announced.
Edinburgh 10x10: The old 'uns are the best
21/07/2016 … Edinburgh's often very focussed on the young and the new.
Simon Day is Waiting For Waiting For Godot
21/07/2016 … Brian Pern actor Simon Day is to star in a new play, set backstage at Waiting For Godot.
Veep actor loses his Emmy nomination
Peter MacNicol's appearances broke the rules
21/07/2016 … An actor from Veep has been stripped of his Emmy nomination – after organisers realised his performance was ineligible.
Comedians to read the Chilcot Report – in full
It'll take two weeks, 24hrs a day
21/07/2016 … Comedians and activists including Omid Djalili, Stewart Lee and Reginald D Hunter are to read out loud the entire Chilcot Report into the Iraq War.