© David Woolfall/CC BY-SA 3.0 Comedy club owner Tommy Sheppard loses his seat
The Stand's director is no longer an SNP MP
05/07/2024 … The founder of The Stand comedy clubs has lost his seat in Westminster.
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Fri 05 July 2024
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© BBC Steve Pemberton and Ben Willbond join The Cleaner
Guest stars announced for series 3 of Greg Davies' comedy
05/07/2024 … Inside No 9’s Steve Pemberton and Ghosts star Ben Willbond are among the guest stars in series 3 of Greg Davies comedy The Cleaner.
Thu 04 July 2024
Ellen DeGeneres pulls US tour dates
No reason given for sudden cancellation
04/07/2024 … Ellen DeGeneres has abruptly cancelled four of her US stand-up shows.
© BBC Things You Should Have Done named best comedy
Praise for Lucia Keskin's BBC Three sitcom
04/07/2024 … Lucia Keskin's BBC Three sitcom Things You Should Have Done has been named best comedy at the Broadcast Digital Awards, with Rosie Jones fronted panel…
Goodish news! Dave Gorman is back
Comedian's PowerPoint show returns to TV after seven years
04/07/2024 … Dave Gorman is bringing back Modern Life Is Goodish after a seven-year hiatus.
The comedians who will be trying NOT to make an audience laugh
New game show features Katherine Ryan and Dermot O’Leary
04/07/2024 … Audiences will be trying hard not to laugh at comedians in a new TV gameshow.
Wed 03 July 2024
© Big Talk/Apple TV+ Dick Turpin to have more Completely Made-Up Adventures
Second series for Noel Fielding's dandy highwayman comedy
03/07/2024 … Noel Fielding is to make a second series of The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin for Apple.
Leicester Square's New Comedian of 2024 open for entries
03/07/2024 … Entries have opened for the Leicester Square Theatre's annual New Comedian of the Year competition.