The selfie culture is killing comedy
Brendon Burns says audiences should be challenged, not pandered to
10/07/2015 … Britain’s comedy circuit is failing because it attempts to pander to self-absorbed audiences with no real interest in the artform.
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Fri 10 July 2015
White House dragged into Cosby case
Comic 'should be stripped of Presidential honour'
10/07/2015 … The White House has been dragged into the storm of sexual assault claims surrounding Bill Cosby.
Gabriel Iglesias to play the UK
10/07/2015 … AMERICAN comedian Gabriel Iglesias has announced a one-off London gig.
BBC 'no longer the go-to place for new talent'
Acclaimed producer slates BBC Three move
10/07/2015 … The BBC will find it harder to sign up talented new comics now BBC Three is heading online, a respected comedy producer has claimed.
'I feel like a cheaper webcam whore'
10/07/2015 … • 'I wouldn't be allowed near TV in America because I'm over 30 and I don't have an eating disorder.
Thu 09 July 2015
Playing a blinder!
09/07/2015 … Sky has commissioned a football-based comedy from comedians Joe Wilkinson and David Earl.
It's time to meet the Muppets...
09/07/2015 … Sky 1 has acquired the new mockumentary show set behind the scenes at The Muppets.
Wed 08 July 2015
© Steve Ullathorne Paul Merton, station master
Comic takes to the railways for new documentary
08/07/2015 … Paul Merton is to make a documentary series about Britain’s smallest railway stations.