Book deal for Luisa Omielan
What Would Beyonce Do? out next year
16/03/2015 … Luisa Omielan has signed a book deal based on her breakout stand-up show What Would Beyoncé Do?Publishers Century will publish the book, with the same title, in…
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Mon 16 March 2015
Sun 15 March 2015
© Steve Ullathorne Barry Cryer at 80...
15/03/2015 … The comedy week ahead… Sunday March 15TV: Nina Conti follows her award-winning directorial debut, Her Master's Voice, with Clowning Around, an intimate documentary…
Comedians front TV science show
Ben Miller, Romesh Ranganathan and Rachel Riley
15/03/2015 … Ben Miller and Romesh Ranganathan are set to host a new science entertainment series for ITV.
Sat 14 March 2015
Comic Relief raises £1bn
Watch 10 comedy highlights from Red Nose Day...
14/03/2015 … More than £78million was raised during yesterday's Red Nose Night TV broadcast – bringing the total raised over 30 years to more than £1billion.
Why Russell Brand can't bear to watch his own film
Comic pulls out of US festival
14/03/2015 … Russell Brand has unexpectedly pulled out of a keynote talk at the prestigious American festival where the film of his life premiered last night.
Fri 13 March 2015
Heckle will leave a lasting impression
13/03/2015 … • 'You never look back fondly at your early stand-up.
Too big to fall...
Al Murray's parachute stunt called off
13/03/2015 … Al Murray had to abandon his plans to parachute into the constituency where he is standing for Parliament – because he was too fat.
Tunisian comedian arrested
13/03/2015 … One of Tunisia’s leading comedians has been arrested for ’offending’ the president.