Family Guy's transsexual episode cleared
25/01/2016 … Ofcom has ruled that an episode of Family Guy about a transgender woman did not breach its guidelines on causing offense.
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Mon 25 January 2016
Yonderland gets a third series
And Stephen Fry joins the cast
25/01/2016 … Sky’s Yonderland is to return for a third series – with Stephen Fry joining the cast.
Jimmy Carr's dwarf joke WAS offensive, Ofcom rules
25/01/2016 … Jimmy Carr has landed The One Show in hot water with broadcast regulators Ofcom for making jokes about dwarves.
Frank Skinner 'has no show'
Comic returns to improvised stand-up
25/01/2016 … Frank Skinner is launching a new stand-up show, which he says will be entirely improvised.
Sun 24 January 2016
Vic and Bob (and Limmy)
The best of the comedy week ahead
24/01/2016 … The comedy week ahead…Monday January 25LIVE IN LONDON: Leading indie venue and producers The Invisible Dot have booked the Hammersmith Apollo to celebrate their…
Sat 23 January 2016
'Offensive' material... for free
23/01/2016 … Brendon Burns: So I Suppose THIS Is Offensive NowBrendon Burns has put his full award-winning 2007 show online, and for free, all in the name of context.
Fri 22 January 2016
Harry Hill leads new batch of iPlayer comedies
Funny Valentines 2016 announced
22/01/2016 … Harry Hill, Stephen Mangan and Citizen Khan creator Adil Ray are to make new shorts for the BBC iPlayer.
Legal victory for Bill Cosby
22/01/2016 … Bill Cosby has won a legal victory in his battle against a flurry of sexual abuse allegations.