David Frost dies at 74
01/09/2013 … Sir David Frost, the pioneer of the ‘satire boom’ of the Sixties, has died at the age of 74.
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Sun 01 September 2013
Stand-up: The Musical!
01/09/2013 … Tuesday September 3 LIVE IN MANCHESTER: The BBC New Comedy Award, which kicked off at the Edinburgh Fringe, has its next two heats at the Manchester Comedy Store…
Sat 31 August 2013
Chappelle's back - and he 'kills'
Dave returns to stage after walkout
31/08/2013 … Dave Chapelle got back on stage last night – 24 hours after a rowdy crowd had forced him to abandon his show – and ‘killed’.
Fri 30 August 2013
Dave Chappelle booed off stage
Watch video as rowdy audience defeat his comeback
30/08/2013 … Dave Chappelle walked off stage to a chorus of boos and heckles last night after a rowdy audience ruined his stand-up comeback.
Alan Partridge, pop star?
30/08/2013 … WTF: Weekly Trivia File•‘I need deadlines, I need terror and I need to be afraid of my audience.
You stole my style!
Comedy magician Pete Firman in plagiarism row
30/08/2013 … A Venezuelan photographer has accused comedy magician Pete Firman of ripping off his distinctive style.
Thu 29 August 2013
'Pay what you want' for comedy specials
29/08/2013 … A new model for selling comedy specials has been launched – with buyers choosing what to pay.
© BBC/Talkback Thames/Brian J Ritchie 'Unfortunate' - but not offensive
QI airs paedophile limerick before Jimmy Savile report
29/08/2013 … QI has escaped censure from the BBC’s governing body for a limerick about paedophilia – which aired minutes before a Newsnight report on the Jimmy Savile scandal.