Don't mock the afflicted!
New play to explore Frankie Howerd's life
06/03/2017 … A new play about Frankie Howerd’s turbulent life has been announced today, what would have been his 100th birthday.
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Mon 06 March 2017
Sarah Millican to write her first book
Part autobiography, part self-help
06/03/2017 … Sarah Millican is to release her first book in October.
Dara O Briain leaves a photographer with a sore head
And you won't quite believe how...
06/03/2017 … Normally when celebrities batter photographers its during scuffles with intrusive paparazzi.
Sun 05 March 2017
Plenty Of Nish
The best TV and radio comedy of the week
05/03/2017 … The week's best comedy on TV and radio.
It's a funny place, Glasgow
The best of the week's live comedy
05/03/2017 … Monday March 6CARDIFF: The Chortle Student Comedy Award continues apace with a visit to Cardiff University Student Union tonight.
© Comedy Central 'A one-note comedian with the eyes of a sex offender'
Jimmy Carr does Desert Island Discs
05/03/2017 … When Jimmy Carr first met his long-term girlfriend, she thought he was a ‘one-note comedian with the eyes of a sex offender’.
Sat 04 March 2017
'Jokes have been ruined by people who aren’t good at telling jokes'
04/03/2017 … This week's best comedy shows on demand.
© Graham Hogg/Creative Commons 'I was ready to quit stand-up to run donkey rides'
Dave Johns on how Ken Loach changed his life
04/03/2017 … Dave Johns has revealed he was about to quit comedy to run beach donkey rides before he landed the title role in I, Daniel Blake.