Matt Forde confirms 2022 tour
Clowns To The Left Of Me... is his biggest yet
21/12/2021 … Matt Forde has confirmed his biggest tour so far for 2022.
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Tue 21 December 2021
Mon 20 December 2021
© BBC Wales Live At The Covid Arms returns
'Christmas booster' for online gigs
20/12/2021 … Virtual comedy club Live at The Covid Arms is to return as the lockdown-by-proxy continues to bite the live industry.
Spitting Image heading to the West End
Boris Johnson puppet to star in The Liar King
20/12/2021 … A live version of Spitting Image is set to be stage in London's West End next year.
© Pierre Rosa / Pixabay The nighttime sector has been 'left to bleed'
New calls for urgent help to save businesses
20/12/2021 … A third of pubs, bars and other hospitality venues fear closure within a month – as the government has been accused of letting the sector ‘bleed’…
Making history...
Greg Jenner's comic You're Dead To Me is BBC's second most popular podcast
20/12/2021 … Greg Jenner’s comedy history show You’re Dead To Me has been named the second most downloaded podcast on BBC Sounds this year.
© UKTV Hypothetical gets a fourth series
Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster's panel show to return
20/12/2021 … Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster are to return for a fourth series of their panel show Hypothetical.
Kunt at No5 in the midweek charts
Have A Word Podcast also make the top 40
20/12/2021 … The Kunts’ sweary Boris Johnson song has entered the midweek chart at No 5.
Sun 19 December 2021
More comedy gigs axed as Omicron rages
Adam Kay and Matt Forde among the cancellations
19/12/2021 … Adam Kay has cancelled his Hammersmith Apollo gig on Wednesday as Covid’s Omicron variant continues to surge.