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The Sun blasted over Ted Robbins heart attack video
02/02/2015 … Ted Robbins’s sister has blasted The Sun for publishing a video of the comedian collapsing on stage.
2015 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 02 February 2015
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High drama...
Venue hits back after Jim Davidson's stage complaints
02/02/2015 … The venue Jim Davidson stormed out of on Saturday has hit back over his complaints about the stage.
Agent drops comic over his paedophile past
Russ Haynes was exposed by The Sun
02/02/2015 … A newish comedian exposed by The Sun on Sunday for being a previously convicted paedophile has been dropped by his agent.
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'Celebs' bumped off in Murder in Successville
02/02/2015 … The BBC has commissioned a comedy murder-mystery series in which celebrities will be bumped off each week.
BBC radio honours Stanley Baxter
Award after 75 years in the business
02/02/2015 … Veteran Scottish comedian Stanley Baxter was honoured with a lifetime achievement award last night.
'The wrong sort of feminist'
Comedian's show cancelled over student protests
02/02/2015 … Students have forced stand-up Kate Smurthwaite to cancel a gig tonight – because she’s the wrong sort of feminist.
Sun 01 February 2015
© BBC/2LE Media/Colin Hutton Asylum writers: It's not about Assange
Denials after the row over tweet
01/02/2015 … The writers of the new BBC comedy Asylum have audaciously claimed that it was NOT inspired by Wikileaks founder Julian Assange after all.
Tours, a festival and Kim Noble's challenging show...
01/02/2015 … It's a really strong week for live comedy this one, with loads of tours kicking off, some exceptional shows and the start of the Leicester comedy festival.