Gervais profits from England's defeat
20/06/2014 … • Bec Hill has an answer for interviewers who ask her what it's like being a female comedian: 'A lot like being a male comedian, but you get asked that question…
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Fri 20 June 2014
Going for a record... jus' like that
Cooper fan's bid to crack most gags in a minute
20/06/2014 … A Tommy Cooper impersonator is aiming to break the record for the most jokes told in a minute tonight.
Thu 19 June 2014
Netflix confirms Chelsea Handler talk show
Signing US comic marks another departure
19/06/2014 … American comic Chelsea Handler has signed a deal with Netflix to launch a new talk show, available to British subscribers.
Justin Moorhouse joins Coronation Street
19/06/2014 … Justin Moorhouse is joining the cast Coronation Street.
Wed 18 June 2014
© David and Carole with Tony Law Obsessive Comedy Disorder
Meet the fan who's seeing 287 Fringe shows
18/06/2014 … A hardcore comedy fan is poised to set a record at the Edinburgh Fringe – by seeing a total of 287 full shows.
Cheaper tickets if you'll sit in the front row...
Comedy club bribes its audiences
18/06/2014 … It is a perennial problem at comedy clubs: trying to persuade audiences to sit in the front row.
Rik Mayall's funeral tomorrow
'Join us in thoughts and prayer at this time'
18/06/2014 … Rik Mayall will be buried at a private family funeral tomorrow, his widow Barbara has announced.
© BBC Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie, D'Sequel
Yep, there's set to be another one...
18/06/2014 … Brendan O’Carroll is working on a sequel to his Mrs Browns Boys movie – even before the first hits cinema screens.