Rik Mayall's memorial bench unveiled
Put your Bottom where his was...
14/11/2014 … A memorial bench to Rik Mayall is to be unveiled today – on the same spot he was seen in the opening credits to Bottom.
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Fri 14 November 2014
© HBO John Oliver returns to the Daily Show
14/11/2014 … John Oliver returned to the host’s chair on the Daily Show last night – to help Jon Stewart plug his new movie.
Are the snobs dividing comedy?
New academic research published
14/11/2014 … Comedy is sharply divided between acts that please the cultural elite and those who appeal to more popular tastes.
Louie Spence joins The Producers
14/11/2014 … LOUIE SPENCE has joined the cast of The Producers.
Jason Manford's shit reviews...
14/11/2014 … •'Dapper Laughs claiming that he is satirising moronic sexist men is like Rangers claiming that they're satirising badly run football clubs.
Thu 13 November 2014
BBC backs the radio pirates
New series for People Just Do Nothing
13/11/2014 … BBC Three mockumentary People Just Do Nothing is to return for a second series.
Jim Davidson's PR 'tried to censor review'
Publicist raises threat of legal action
13/11/2014 … Jim Davidson is embroiled in a censorship row after his publicist pressured a journalist to change a review calling him a 'racist comedian'.
John Cleese named top comedy icon
And what good timing, just as a Python series starts...
13/11/2014 … John Cleese has been hailed as the most influential British comedy icon of all time, according to a new survey.