© Sarah Bennetto Our guide to the big outdoor events
18/05/2023 … Stand-up has become a major part of the music festivals that have proliferated across the UK each summer.
Regime gets tough over jokey reference to People’s Liberation Army
18/05/2023 … The company behind the live show in which a Chinese comedian referred to a military slogan has been fined more than £1.
Brighton Fringe theatre review
18/05/2023 … The rancid culture that gets exposed depressingly often in the Met and other police forces deserves every satirical kicking that it gets.
Return to stand-up after several years playing Frank Spencer
18/05/2023 … Joe Pasquale has announced a return to stand-up with a new tour entitled The New Normal – 40 Years of Cack.
© BBC 'A family sitcom about trauma' for BBC Three
17/05/2023 … Filming has begun on Kat Sadler's new BBC Three comedy Such Brave Girls.
Glutton to explore his lifelong obsession with food
17/05/2023 … Ed Gamble is writing his first book, about his passion for food.
'He made our little world way more fun'
17/05/2023 … Comedian Andy Smart has unexpectedly died at the age of 63.
© BBC New series of BBC art show celebrates heroes of the NHS
17/05/2023 … Bill Bailey is to host a new series of BBC One painting show Extraordinary Portraits, paying tribute to NHS heroes to markthe 75th anniversary of the health service.
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