West End benefit for Jim Tavare
Comics rally to their colleague after horror crash
13/05/2017 … Top comedy stars have announced a new West End benefit to raise money for Jim Tavare’s medical bills.
2017 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sat 13 May 2017
Aziz Ansari's Master Of None returns
13/05/2017 … This week's best comedy shows on demand.
Fri 12 May 2017
Paul Whitehouse joins Hatton Garden heist movie
Alongside Michael Caine and Tom Courtenay
12/05/2017 … Paul Whitehouse has joined the star-studded cast of a new movie about the Hatton Garden robbery.
Comedian demands £10k from Comic Relief over plagiarism
Can the idea of a 'professional heckler' be copyright?
12/05/2017 … A comedian has demanded £10,000 from Comic Relief in compensation for alleged plagiarism – even though the contested sketch bears little relation to…
Mel Giedroyc pilots new panel show
Generation gap challenge devised by Jenny Eclair
12/05/2017 … Former Bake Off presenter Mel Giedroyc is to host a run-through of a new panel show devised by Jenny Eclair.
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Lost Voice Guy launches BBC Three series
Lee Ridley seeks a new accent in Voice Of The People
12/05/2017 … BBC Three has launched a new series featuring ‘Lost Voice Guy’ comic Lee Ridley.
© BBC Revealed: The one line the BBC censored from The Thick Of It
Armando Iannucci spills the beans
12/05/2017 … The BBC allowed all manner of creative swearing and graphic insults to air during The Thick Of It.
Thu 11 May 2017
The best of the old
Old Comedian of the Year finalists announced
11/05/2017 … The finalists have been announced for this year's Old Comedian of the Year final.