Iannucci plans Stalin comedy
19/03/2015 … Armando Iannucci is planning a comedy about the death of Stalin.
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Thu 19 March 2015
© ITV Another Dapper Laughs gig pulled
Glasgow show cancelled amid protests
19/03/2015 … Dapper Laughs attempts to stage a comeback have been derailed after protests cancelled another gig.
Patrice O'Neal biopic planned
19/03/2015 … A CROWDFUNDING appeal has been launched to raise $125,000 for an official documentary film about US stand-up Patrice O'Neal, who died in 2011 at the age of 41.
Wed 18 March 2015
Gig brawl over woman's loud laugh
Police called to Jeremy Hardy show
18/03/2015 … Police were called to a comedy gig after two women started brawling – in a dispute over whether one was laughing too loudly.
Will Clarkson host Have I Got News For You?
BBC dilemma as he's booked for May
18/03/2015 … BBC executives are facing a quandary after it was revealed that Jeremy Clarkson is scheduled to host an edition of Have I Got News For You.
TV awards hail Harry and Paul
18/03/2015 … Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse’s The Story Of The Twos has been named best comedy at the Royal Television Society Awards.
Jackie Mason announces UK gigs
Three years after the 'farewell' shows
18/03/2015 … Jackie Mason has announced three London dates – three years after saying he would never be back.
Becoming Bob Monkhouse
New Fringe play to celebrate 'comedian's comedian'
18/03/2015 … Bob Monkhouse is to be the subject of a one-man Edinburgh Fringe play, directed by the star of festival hit Morecambe.