We ain't afraid of no ghost!
Comics to spend the night in a haunted house
13/05/2015 … It sounds like the premise for a B-movie… but a group of comedians are to spend the night in a haunted house.
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Wed 13 May 2015
Richard Herring: Why I'm skipping Edinburgh
...and performing 12 different solo shows in London instead
13/05/2015 … Richard Herring has confirmed his plans to skip Edinburgh this year and instead perform 12 different hour-long shows in London.
C4 names new entertainment chief
Objective's head of comedy Ben Caudell moves after 6 months
13/05/2015 … Channel 4 has appointed Ben Caudell, currently head of comedy at Objective Productions, as head of entertainment.
Tue 12 May 2015
Hundreds of Edinburgh shows go on sale
12/05/2015 … HUNDREDS of Edinburgh Fringe shows went on sale yesterday, in the second stage of the programme release.
Was this Mohammed joke stolen?
Saturday Night Live in new plagiarism row
12/05/2015 … Legendary American sketch show Saturday Night Live has been accused of plagiarising a joke about depicting the Prophet Mohammed.
Have I Got (devolved) News For You?
Scotland to get its own topical comedy panel show
12/05/2015 … Scotland is to get a topical news quiz billed as its own version of Have I Got News For You.
Mon 11 May 2015
Stephen Toast wins a Bafta
So too do Detectorists and Jessica Hynes
11/05/2015 … Matt Berry, Jessica Hynes and Mackenzie Crooks’ BBC Four comedy Detectorists all won Batas tonight.
Whose Line Is It Anyway? makes a comeback
Official revival for West End stage
11/05/2015 … Whose Line Is It Anyway? is making a comeback – as a live show in London’s West End.