Compere attacked at gong show
VIDEO: Contestant takes rejection badly...
08/07/2013 … Comedian Andrew Ryan has been attacked on stage by a gong show contestant who’d been booed off.
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Mon 08 July 2013
The elite have 'stitched up' comedy
But Stewart Lee is trying to challenge it
08/07/2013 … British comedy has undergone an elitist 'stitch-up', with poorer performers being ‘priced out’ of success, Stewart Lee has claimed.
Eric Sykes honoured
08/07/2013 … Stars including Michael Palin and June Whitfield helped unveil a blue plaque to Eric Sykes at his former West London office yesterday.
Norwich lands Partridge premiere
08/07/2013 … The new Alan Partridge film Alpha Papa is to have its world premiere in Norwich, following an online campaign from locals.
Tara crowned satirist of the year
08/07/2013 … IRISH comedian Tara Flynn has been named Satirist Of The Year at the Swift Satire Festival in Trim, Co Meath, staged in honour of Gulliver’s Travels author Jonathan…
Eddie Izzard visits Iraq
To highlight child refugee crisis
08/07/2013 … Eddie Izzard has travelled to Iraq to report on the crisis facing Syrian refugees in the country.
Editor cuts the Mustard
08/07/2013 … Comedy magazine Mustard is to cease publishing after after six years.
Sun 07 July 2013