Leicester fest announces showcase line-ups
Including Comedian Of The Year and UK Pun Championship
20/12/2017 … Leicester's Comedy Festival has announced the line-ups for all its showcases of emerging comedians.
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Wed 20 December 2017
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Pun king joins Birmingham radio station
Breakfast job for Lovdev Barpaga
20/12/2017 … Comedian Lovdev Barpaga is to join Free Radio Birmingham in a shake-up the station its first local breakfast team in 15 years.
Tue 19 December 2017
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Mrs Brown's Boys won't go to Russia – as they wanted to axe Rory
19/12/2017 … Brendan O’Carroll says he turned down a Russian remake of Mrs Brown’s Boys, because they wanted to cut out gay character Rory.
© BBC 1m see League Of Gentlemen's return
19/12/2017 … Just over a million viewers watched The League Of Gentlemen return to TV after a 15-year absence last night.
Stone me! Ian is the Comics' Comic
Circuit acts name their 2017 favourites
19/12/2017 … Ian Stone has been named this year’s Comics’ Comic.
Mon 18 December 2017
Mohamed Omar takes New Comedian title
Final at Leicester Square Theatre tonight.
18/12/2017 … Mohamed Omar has been crowned this year's Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian Of The Year.
Amazon passes on all its 2017 comedy pilots
Three shows all dropped, say US reports
18/12/2017 … Amazon has reportedly decided not not to pick up any of the three comedies it piloted last month.
Baddish news! Dave Gorman axes Modern Life Is Goodish
Comic says show is too demanding
18/12/2017 … Dave Gorman is to bring Modern Life Is Goodish to an end, because the stress of compiling the shows is too demanding.