When Shortlist tried to censor Stewart Lee
Magazine didn't want to upset advertisers... or Jack Whitehall
29/07/2016 … Lifestyle magazine Shortlist attempted to censor Stewart Lee for fear he might upset advertisers – or Jack Whitehall.
2016 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 29 July 2016
'Landmark' book deal for Robert Webb
29/07/2016 … Robert Webb is to write his memoirs AND his first novel, following a 'landmark' book deal.
© Slapstick/Adam Johnson Was Dara O Briain a saint in a previous life?
29/07/2016 … • 'When I was doing Spitting Image, Kate Robbins threw a party and Des O'Connor was in the corner playing a white grand piano, wearing a white suit and I thought,…
Blasphemy!
Monty Don blasts The Good Life
29/07/2016 … It is usually considered one of the jewels in the crown of British sitcom.
Thu 28 July 2016
Tape Face makes America's Got Talent semis
28/07/2016 … Tape Face has made it to the semi-finals of America’s Got Talent.
Second series for Maria Bamford's Lady Dynamite
28/07/2016 … MARIA BAMFORD'S comedy series Lady Dynamite has been renewed for a second series.
R4 orders Moore police comedy
Third series for It's A Fair Cop
28/07/2016 … Radio 4 has commissioned a third series of It’s A Fair Cop from policeman-turned comedian Alfie Moore.
© BBC/Pete Dadds Comics share their parenting tips
28/07/2016 … Comedians including Vic Reeves, Katherine Ryan and Sally Phillips will be sharing their child-raising tips in a new series called Parenting For Kids.