Comic guilty of 'condoning terrorism'
Sentenced for Facebook post after Paris attacks
18/03/2015 … French comedian Dieudonne has been found guilty of ‘condoning terrorism’ over a Facebook comment he made in the wake of the Paris terrorist attacks.
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Wed 18 March 2015
Tue 17 March 2015
'Keeping his memory alive'
Leicester fest honours Rik Mayall
17/03/2015 … Rik Mayall was named 'legend of comedy' at the Leicester comedy festival awards show last night.
Harry and Paul to go on the road
Whitehouse announces tour plans
17/03/2015 … Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse are set to go on their first live tour since 1988.
More dates for Reeves & Mortimer
17/03/2015 … VIC REEVES and Bob Mortimer have announced extra dates to their UK tour due to popular demand.
© BBC/Sophie Mutevelian How Inside No 9 made Jack Whitehall sick
17/03/2015 … Sometimes their gruesome comedy can be stomach-churning, but Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton literally made Jack Whitehall sick on the set of Inside No 9.
Mon 16 March 2015
Acaster and Christie do the double
16/03/2015 … Bridget Christie and James Acaster have won two accolades apiece at the Chortle Awards tonight.
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…
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…