On The Buses writer dies at 98
Ronald Chesney was also a world-class harmonica player
16/04/2018 … Legendary sitcom writer Ronald Chesney has died at the age 98.
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Mon 16 April 2018
Comedy writer Neil Shand dies at 84
Credits range from Spike Milligan to the Two Ronnies
16/04/2018 … Comedy writer Neil Shand, who supplied gags for the likes of Kenny Everett, Spike Milligan, Bob Monkhouse and Mike Yarwood, has died at the age of 84.
Comedy Central commissions social media shorts
Online content from Aaron Robertson and Gavin Dunn
16/04/2018 … Comedy Central has commissioned a series of shorts about how people manufacture a social media version of themselves.
Sun 15 April 2018
Stewart Lee takes a long pause... from stand-up
The best of the week's live comedy
15/04/2018 … The best of the week’s live comedy.
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The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio
15/04/2018 … Sunday April 15 RUBY WAX: FRAZZLED: Radio 4 kicks off a new series of seven Sunday night stand-up specials with Ruby Wax talking about mental health,…
Cracking pair win innuendo prize
15/04/2018 … Two sock puppets have won an award for the best innuendo at the Bath comedy festival.
Ten-hour comedy benefit announced
Great Mirth Run to raise cash for bereaved families
15/04/2018 … More than 90 comedians are to take part in a ten-hour stand-up marathon for charity.
Robert White ribs Britain's Got Talent judges
...but comic wins them over as ITV series returns
15/04/2018 … Comic Robert White appeared on Britain's Got Talent last night – with a song full of insults for the judging panel.