Festivals announce comedy line-ups
27/05/2016 … ACTS have been announced for the Balham Comedy Festival in South London, which will run from July 8 to 16.
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Fri 27 May 2016
Elis James travels to Euro 16 for the BBC
For online shorts and radio show
27/05/2016 … Elis James is to front a series of comedy shorts about Euro 2016 for the BBC.
© BBC/So Television/Christopher Baines Nipple clamps and a strap-on called Godzilla
27/05/2016 … • 'When you are doing stand-up, it is the most glorious hour, when you are an X Men version of yourself, with lasers coming out of your eyes.
Thu 26 May 2016
Barry Crimmins comes to UK
US comic who fought child porn
26/05/2016 … Barry Crimmins, the American stand-up who has actively helped clear child pornography from the internet, is to perform in the UK for the first time in 30 years.
Eddie Izzard: My homophobic abuse at FA Cup Final
Crystal Palace fan called him 'a disgrace'
26/05/2016 … Eddie Izzard says he was subjected to homophobic abuse at the FA Cup final at the weekend.
Tape Face Got Talent
Silent comic to appear on American series
26/05/2016 … The Boy With Tape On His Face is to appear in the new series of America's Got Talent.
© BBC Hitchhikers' Guide returns to Radio 4
With unpublished Douglas Adams material
26/05/2016 … The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy is returning to Radio 4 with its first series in more than a decade – and featuring John Lloyd as the Voice of The Book.
Gold drops You Me & Them
26/05/2016 … THE Gold TV channel has dropped its sitcom You, Me & Them.