Meet the comedian playing 7 countries in 7 languages in 7 days
'You have to keep challenging yourself'
17/11/2017 … A comedian is to perform seven gigs in seven languages in seven nations in seven days.
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Fri 17 November 2017
'Can you still love someone who did bad things?'
Sarah Silverman on her friend Louis CK
17/11/2017 … Sarah Silverman has responded to the revelations about Louis CK, admitting that she’s conflicted about how one of her best friends could have sexually harassed…
Thu 16 November 2017
Have we got complaints for you
Panel show causes most offence
16/11/2017 … Have I Got News for You has topped a list of complaints made to the BBC in the past two weeks The contentious episode, in which host Jo Brand took the all-male…
Comics get some Friday Night Feasts
16/11/2017 … Greg Davis, Sarah Millican Simon Pegg and Johnny Vegas are among the guests on the next series of Channel 4’s Friday Night Feasts.
Why we need to keep mocking Donald Trump
...even if the jokes aren't always funny
16/11/2017 … Comedians need to keep making jokes about Donald Trump – even if it’s hard to be original and near-impossible to exaggerate his failings for comic effect.
Scot Squad patrols River City
Mash-up sketch for Children In Need
16/11/2017 … Scot Squad and River City have joined together for a mash-up sketch for BBC's Children In Need.
Fist of Fun's 'Pie Master' dies
Bill Cashmore was also a writer and corporate speak
16/11/2017 … Actor Bill Cashmore – whose credits include Lee & Herring’s Fist Of Fun, Brass Eye and Men Behaving Badly – has died in his mid-50s.
Bah humbug! Comics unleash their inner Grinches
16/11/2017 … Mark Watson, Ellie Taylor and Richard Gadd are among the comics taking part in a new TV stand-up show in which they air their pet peeves about Christmas.