Streaming stand-up
19/06/2013 … A COMPANY that streams live music gigs over the internet is making its first moves into comedy at the weekend – allowing stand-up fans to watch a live show from…
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Wed 19 June 2013
Absolute Radio moves into panel shows
Nick Hancock to host The Manuscript
19/06/2013 … Absolute Radio is making a rare venture into the comedy panel show, with a new series about masculinity.
Tue 18 June 2013
You're so full of scripts
BBC show inundated with comedy ideas
18/06/2013 … A new BBC comedy show that invited sketches from the public was inundated with more than 12,000 scripts.
Ryan gets death threats over Mock the Week gag
Targeted over line branded 'racist'
18/06/2013 … Stand-up Katherine Ryan has received vile death threats after a joke mentioning Filipinos on Mock The Week was interpreted as racist.
Sitcoms are stuck in the past
And Vicious is homophobic, says Barry Cryer
18/06/2013 … It is not uncommon for older comedians to complain that the generations who follow them have lost sight of what is funny.
Birds Of A Feather migrate back
18/06/2013 … Birds Of A Feather is returning to TV after a 15 year absence.
© BBC Comedies top iPlayer chart
18/06/2013 … COMEDY has again dominated the iPlayer radio charts.
Baddiel returns to sitcom
18/06/2013 … David Baddiel has written his first new sitcom in 12 years.