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.
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Wed 18 March 2015
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.
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.
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.