Ted Robbins collapses at Phoenix Nights
Comic, 59, 'clutched his chest'
31/01/2015 … Veteran comic Ted Robbins collapsed on stage during Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights revival show tonight.
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Sat 31 January 2015
Fri 30 January 2015
Flight Of The Conchords 'to tour again'
30/01/2015 … FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS could be hitting the road again – with some new material.
© Giles Smith Radio 4 sitcom for Josie Long
About 'trying to fit in and feel less alone'
30/01/2015 … Josie Long is making a sitcom for Radio 4.
© BBC/2LE Media/Colin Hutton Fury over BBC writer's 'kill Assange' tweet
Controversy hits new comedy based on the Wikileaks founder
30/01/2015 … The writer of the BBC's new comedy inspired by Julian Assange once called for the police to publicly shoot the Wikileaks founder in the head.
C4 drops London Irish
No second series for twentysomething sitcom
30/01/2015 … London Irish, Channel 4's comedy about badly-behaved Northern Irish twentysomethings, will not be returning for a second series.
© Creative Commons: Alex Folkes/Fishnik Photography The Last Clegg
30/01/2015 … • Death Row prisoner Richard Glossip has revealed how he spends the final days before his execution date – Watching Last Of The Summer Wine.
Thu 29 January 2015
© Jill Furmanovsky First Fringe tickets go on sale
29/01/2015 … TICKETS have gone on sale for the first events at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Comic punches compere in the face
Watch as another US open mic night becomes a fight
29/01/2015 … A comedy audience were stunned after an open mic comic punched the compere in the face.