Eddie Izzard loses bid to become Labour MP
Sheffield party opts for local councillor Abtisam Mohamed instead
05/12/2022 … Eddie Izzard will not be fighting the seat of Sheffield Central for Labour at the next general election.
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Mon 05 December 2022
By Royal disappointment! Frank Skinner slated by the Wessexes
Usually bland backstage Royal Variety chat becomes pointed
05/12/2022 … Backstage at the Royal Variety Performance is usually the place to exchange bland, polite pleasantries.
Harry Hill’s Tony Blair musical heads to the West End
Month-long run in the Leicester Square Theatre
05/12/2022 … Harry Hill’s unofficial Tony Blair musical is heading to the West End next year.
Sun 04 December 2022
© ITV Vale! Plebs bows out with feature-length special
The week's best comedy on TV, radio and streaming
04/12/2022 … The best of the week’s comedy on TV, radio and on demand… Tuesday December 6 SEBASTIAN MANISCALO: IS IT ME?: A new Netflix stand-up special, recorded…
© Matt Crockett Mr Swallow is Mr Scrooge
The best of the week's live comedy
04/12/2022 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
Sat 03 December 2022
Does your pun elicit a groan?
That just shows people like it, says science
03/12/2022 … People enjoy puns, as much as they might groan at them, new research has found.
© C4 Sandi Toksvig cancels NZ tour due to illness
Comic contracts bronchial pneumonia
03/12/2022 … Sandi Toksvig has cancelled the New Zealand leg of her tour after being hospitalised with bronchial pneumonia.
Peter Kay gets emotional at his stand-up comeback
...and gives fans exactly what they came for
03/12/2022 … Peter Kay was given a standing ovation that reduced him to tears as he returned to the stand-up stage after 12 years.