British Comedy Awards cancelled
No broadcaster found in time for December's show
20/10/2015 … This year's British Comedy Awards have been cancelled after Channel 4 dropped the event.
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Deadline looms for Gold's Christmas contest
20/10/2015 … The closing date for the annual competition to find the best modern Christmas cracker jokes run by UKTV channel Gold is approaching fast.
© BBC/Sophie Mutevelian Third series for Inside No 9
Reece Shearsmith confirms rumours
20/10/2015 … Inside No 9 is coming back for a third series, it has finally been confirmed.
Sara Pascoe joins comedy book fest
Plus a comic look at identity theft
20/10/2015 … Sara Pascoe has joined the line-up for the Chortle Comedy Book Festival – along with a disturbing and funny look at identity theft.
Comic stole jewellery to fund heroin habit
20/10/2015 … Australian comic Greg Fleet has admitting stealing jewellery from a housemate to fund his heroin habit.
© Comedy Central Comedy Central orders a second round of Drunk Histories
Josie Long and Iain Stirling sign up
20/10/2015 … Drunk History is to return to Comedy Central for a second series.
Marcus Brigstocke makes panto debut
20/10/2015 … MARCUS BRIGSTOCKE is to make his pantomime debut, playing Captain Hook in the New Wimbledon Theatre production of Peter Pan in London this Christmas.
Spoof psychic's gigs pass to the other side
...of Christmas as Shirley Ghostman pulls shows
20/10/2015 … Parody psychic Shirley Ghostman – the alter-ego of Marc Wooton – has cancelled his pre-Halloween run of gigs.