Ted Robbins suffered 12 cracked ribs
Injuries during treatment, but he's doing well
08/02/2015 … Ted Robbins suffered 12 broken ribs and a cracked breastbone as medics fought to save him when he collapsed on stage, it has been revealed.
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Sun 08 February 2015
Sarah Silverman pops in again...
More surprise sets at London clubs
08/02/2015 … Sarah Silverman made unannounced appearances at two London comedy clubs last night.
Famine comedy: Questions in the House
MP tables Commons motion against Hungry
08/02/2015 … An MP has tabled a House of Commons motion calling on Channel 4 to drop its planned comedy set during the Irish famine.
Your funny Valentines
08/02/2015 … We've launched a new Twitter feed at ChortleNOW – which will send alerts a minute or two before selected comedy programmes start on TV or radio.
The satire defecit
How comics took their eye off the political ball
08/02/2015 … Comedians haven’t kept up with changes in politics, leaving them ill-equipped to satirise modern Parliament.
Fri 06 February 2015
ITV books a return flight to Benidorm
06/02/2015 … ITV has commissioned an eighth series of Benidorm to be filmed in Spain later this year.
Comedy editor Charlie Phillips dies
06/02/2015 … CHARLIE Phillips, a TV comedy editor whose credits include Psychoville, Him and Her and Man Down, has died in his mid-fifties.
© Idil Sukan Nish Kumar to host Newsjack
06/02/2015 … Nish Kumar is to host of the new series of Radio 4 Extra’s Newsjack, the BBC has announced.