Paul Zerdin wins America's Got Talent
$1m prize for British ventriloquist
17/09/2015 … Paul Zerdin has won America's Got Talent – and its $1million prize.
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Thu 17 September 2015
© Comedy Central Comedian's Sept 11 lies exposed
Claims of twin towers escape could hit his career
17/09/2015 … An American comedian has been exposed for lying about escaping the September 11 attacks on New York's World Trade Centre.
© BBC Believe it!
Victor Meldrew's back for a stage show
17/09/2015 … Victor Meldrew is to be revived for a stage show.
Hannibal Buress to play London
17/09/2015 … AMERICAN comic Hannibal Buress is to perform a one-off stand-up show in London.
© VTscapes/Tom E. Canavan/Creative Commons Eric Idle pens a new novel
17/09/2015 … Eric Idle has written a new novel, which will be released as a e-book next month.
Wed 16 September 2015
Sky's comedy chief steps down
Lucy Lumsden to return to programme-making
16/09/2015 … Sky’s head of comedy Lucy Lumsden is to leave the company after six years.
Blaps away!
C4 releases two more comedy shorts
16/09/2015 … Channel 4 has released two more Comedy Blaps.
'Like finding the missing link'
Two episodes of Python precursor At Last The 1948 Show unearthed
16/09/2015 … Two long-lost episode of the Monty Python precursor At Last The 1948 Show have been recovered after almost 50 years.