Comic on hunger strike for thalidomide victims
'They will watch me die,' says Gary Skyner
03/02/2015 … A comedian has entered his 13th day of a hunger strike demanding £150million compensation for victims of thalidomide.
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Tue 03 February 2015
'Forget optimism and skinny jeans'
Old Comedian Of The Year contest opens
03/02/2015 … A new comedy competition has been launched for older comedians.
Dame Edna has a bun in the oven...
03/02/2015 … DAME EDNA EVERAGE, David Mitchell, Victoria Wood, Kayvan Novak and Ab Fab duo Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley are among the celebrities taking part in The Great…
Adam Buxton's Bug is back
Video show revived as an online series
03/02/2015 … Adam Buxton’s music video show Bug has been revived as an online series.
Mon 02 February 2015
Entries open for student comedy award
Chortle seeks stars of the future
02/02/2015 … Entries have opened for the Chortle student comedy award – the 11th year of the prestigious competition.
Agent drops comic over his paedophile past
Russ Haynes was exposed by The Sun
02/02/2015 … A newish comedian exposed by The Sun on Sunday for being a previously convicted paedophile has been dropped by his agent.
High drama...
Venue hits back after Jim Davidson's stage complaints
02/02/2015 … The venue Jim Davidson stormed out of on Saturday has hit back over his complaints about the stage.
© BBC 'What a vile paper'
The Sun blasted over Ted Robbins heart attack video
02/02/2015 … Ted Robbins’s sister has blasted The Sun for publishing a video of the comedian collapsing on stage.