Brits make America's Got Talent final
Success for Paul Zerdin and Piff The Magic Dragon
10/09/2015 … Paul Zerdin and Piff The Magic Dragon have both made it through to the final of America's Got Talent.
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Thu 10 September 2015
© Carys Lavin Funny Women drops 'pay-to-play'
Competition's 2015 final approaches
10/09/2015 … The Funny Women award has quietly dropped its controversial charge for comedians to enter.
Sky eyes Romesh Ranganathan sitcom
About a barrister turned rural pub landlord
10/09/2015 … Romesh Ranganathan is working on a semi-autobiographical sitcom for Sky 1.
A dark day for Josh Widdicombe
Tour date abandoned as power fails
10/09/2015 … Josh Widdicombe was forced to cancel the opening night of his tour last night after a power cut hit the Playhouse Theatre in Oxford.
The ‘longest, dumbest’ comedy album
Eugene Mirman's 500-track epic includes 195 orgasms
10/09/2015 … American comic Eugene Mirman is releasing his next stand-up show as a seven-album box set that includes him crying for 45 minutes, 195 orgasms and an introduction…
Wed 09 September 2015
Brits storm America's Got Talent
Watch Piff and Paul Zerdin in the semi-finals
09/09/2015 … British acts Piff The Magic Dragon and Paul Zerdin both performed in the live semi-finals of America's Got Talent last night.
He's not dead, he's restin'
Terry Gilliam laughs off death reports
09/09/2015 … Terry Gilliam has laughed off reports of his death.
Tim Vine pilots radio chat show
09/09/2015 … TIM VINE is piloting a chat show for Radio 4, in which he'll interview members of the audience rather than celebrities.