Comedy countdowns
Comedians list their Top Tens for BBC Three
14/07/2016 … BBC Three has commissioned a series of 20 short films in which rising comedians make 'top ten' lists on whatever topics they choose.
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Thu 14 July 2016
Wed 13 July 2016
Comedians die young
13/07/2016 … Comedians die earlier than other people – and funnier ones die younger.
Vikki Stone joins the Proms
13/07/2016 … Musical comedian Vikki Stone is joining the BBC Proms team.
Greg Davies does Who Do You Think You Are?
...as do Warwick Davis and Ricky Tomlinson
13/07/2016 … Greg Davies’s family tree is to be explored in the next series of Who Do You Think You Are? The comedian is one of ten celebrities to feature in the 13th series,…
Christmas special for Birds Of A Feather
Their first trip abroad in almost 20 years
13/07/2016 … Birds Of A Feather is to shoot an hour-long Christmas special overseas.
Billy Connolly announces new tour
14 English and Welsh dates in November
13/07/2016 … Billy Connolly has announced an England and Wales tour of his latest show, High Horse.
Tue 12 July 2016
Aziz Ansari is ‘comedy person of the year'
Says Montreal's Just For Laughs
12/07/2016 … Aziz Ansari has been named ‘comedy person of the year’ by Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival.
Marc Maron axes his TV series
12/07/2016 … Marc Maron has pulled the plug on his US comedy series.