Leicester festival's new comics to be broadcast to the nation
Event signs sponsorship deal with radio station Union Jack
21/01/2019 … The long-running Leicester Mercury Comedian Of The Year is to be broadcast on digital radio for the first time.
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© HBO Producing the goods
Behind-the-scenes award for Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
20/01/2019 … The makers of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver have scooped a gong at the Producers Guild of America Awards.
© David Betteridge Little and Large, together again
Duo reunite at Bristol's Slapstick Comedy Festival
20/01/2019 … Little and Large reunited for their first stage appearance in decades this weekend, as part of the Slapstick comedy festival in Bristol.
My Dad Wrote A Porno set their HBO recording date
Podcast trio to tape their live special in March
20/01/2019 … The My Dad Wrote A Porno podcast team have announced the recording date of their HBO special.
Russell Howard takes his mum raving
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20/01/2019 … The week's comedy on TV and radio.
Sat 19 January 2019
© BBC It Ain't Half Hot Mum star Windsor Davies dies at 88
'We remember him with laughter'
19/01/2019 … Windsor Davies, best known as the sergeant major in 1970s sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum, has died at the age of 88.