MP shocked by online abuse
23/06/2023 … An MP has spoken out against online abuse – after finding herself on the receiving end.
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Entries open for British Comedian Of The Year 2023
Biggest prize in comedy with £10,001 up for grabs
22/06/2023 … Applications have opened for the 2023 British Comedian Of The Year competition.
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Review of ITVX's latest comedy, starring Jayde Adams
22/06/2023 … Last week Catherine Tate introduced us to one of the most unlikeable central characters in a comedy show in Queen Of Oz.
John Kearns: The Varnishing Days
Review of the Edinburgh Comedy Award-winner's latest show
22/06/2023 … The thing about appearing on Taskmaster, John Kearns notes, is that ‘ticket sales go up… but the laughs, they go down.
BBC orders comedy-drama from disability activist Kyla Harris
We Might Regret This also stars Darren Boyd and Sally Phillips
22/06/2023 … The BBC has ordered a comedy-drama about a Canadian quadriplegic moving to London.
© BBC/Hat Trick Clive Myrie dropped from BBC News after hosting Have I Got News For You
Corporation chief feared impartiality backlash
22/06/2023 … The BBC reportedly banned Clive Myrie from presenting News At Ten on Friday because he hosted Have I Got News For You an hour beforehand.
A real book about a fake author
Alice Fraser writes a guide to her Bugle creation, D'Ancey LaGuarde
22/06/2023 … Listeners to hit satirical podcast The Bugle have long been teased by the latest works from the bestselling – and entirely fictional – romance novelist…
Mae Martin named rising comedy star of the year
Stand-up honoured by Montreal's Just For Laughs festival
22/06/2023 … Mae Martin is to be named rising comedy star of the year at Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival.