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Sat 09 November 2019
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© BBC/Endemol Shine Commons footage CAN now be used in satire
08/11/2019 … The 30-year ban on using footage from Parliament in comedy shows has quietly been relaxed.
Stand-ups join Comedy Against Living Miserably
Dave show will feature Darren Harriott, Seann Walsh and Suzi Ruffell
08/11/2019 … Darren Harriott, Seann Walsh and Suzi Ruffell are to take part in the first episode of the stand-up show Comedy Against Living Miserably on Dave.
Chubby un-cancelled
Homecoming Middlesbrough gig after unofficial ban is lifted
08/11/2019 … Roy 'Chubby' Brown has been un-cancelled.
Netflix pulls Christian stand-up's special amid sexual misconduct storm
John Crist admits: 'I’ve sinned against God'
08/11/2019 … Netflix has put a stand-up special from Christian comedian John Crist on hold amid multiple complaints of sexual misconduct.
Thu 07 November 2019
Kenneth Williams' letters go under the hammer
Carry On star talks about suicide, being a useless understudy and 'idiot' Arthur Scargill
07/11/2019 … Previously unseen letters from Kenneth Williams are to go under the hammer next week.
© Arno Mikkor/CC BY-SA 2.0 How Boris Johnson hijacks comedy to oppress
07/11/2019 … Populist right-wing leaders like Boris Johnson and Donald Trump have hijacked the subversive ideals of comedy to prop up the unfair status quo, one academic has…
Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing gets a third series
Bob and Paul will return to the riverbank
07/11/2019 … The BBC has ordered a third series of Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing.