© Elvert Barnes Protest Photography/CC BY-SA 2.0 Dick Gregory dies at 84
Comedian and activist broke barriers
20/08/2017 … Pioneering comedian and activist Dick Gregory has died aged 84.
2017 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sun 20 August 2017
© Elvert Barnes Protest Photography/CC BY-SA 2.0 Sat 19 August 2017
An Angel of the North
Lauren Pattison picks up Fringe accolade
19/08/2017 … Lauren Pattison has won a Herald Angel award for her debut Edinburgh Fringe stand-up show, Lady Muck.
Fri 18 August 2017
Birds Of A Feather gets another Christmas special
18/08/2017 … Birds Of A Feather is to return for a new Christmas special, star Lesley Joseph has revealed.
Didn't he do well?
Bruce Forsyth dies at 89 after a brilliant TV career
18/08/2017 … Sir Bruce Forsyth has died aged 89 – after a 75-year career in showbusiness The former Strictly Come Dancing presenter had been unwell for some time…
© Paul Manners/CC BY-SA 4.0 Michael Barrymore to receive payout from police
Judge sides with comic in wrongful arrest case
18/08/2017 … Michael Barrymore is to receive ‘more than nominal damages’ over his wrongful arrest over the death of Stuart Lubbock at the comedian’s home.
Thu 17 August 2017
© Elvert Barnes Protest Photography/CC BY-SA 2.0 Dick Gregory admitted to hospital
Mystery illness strikes comic, 84
17/08/2017 … Pioneering comedian Dick Gregory has been admitted to hospital with a ‘serious’ medical condition.
Andy Zaltzman satirises the British Empire
17/08/2017 … Andy Zaltzman and Indian comedian Anuvab Pal, an occasional correspondent on his podcast The Bugle, are to team up for a new Radio 4 series.
A Noble effort
Ross makes spoof magazine show for Radio 4
17/08/2017 … Ross Noble is to make a new spoof magazine show for the BBC.