Daliso Chaponda becomes charity ambassador
BGT comedian backs educational efforts in Malawi
07/11/2021 … London-based charity Think Malawi, has announced that stand-up Daliso Chaponda will be its first celebrity ambassador.
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Sun 07 November 2021
© Open Mike Live At The Apollo returns! Who's on series 16?
The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio
07/11/2021 … Here’s our pick of the week’s best comedy programmes on TV, radio and on-demand this week: Sunday November 7 IN MY SKIN: This award-winning…
Want laughs? There's lots in Notts
07/11/2021 … The best of the week's live comedy.
Sat 06 November 2021
© BBC Anna Thomas wins the BBC New Comedy Award
06/11/2021 … Welsh stand-up Anna Thomas has won this year’s BBC New Comedy Award.
Fri 05 November 2021
Joe Lycett is to throw a ‘huge queer party’ on Channel 4
90-minute Christmas special commissioned
05/11/2021 … Joe Lycett is to host a ‘huge queer party’ on Channel 4 this Christmas.
Remember when Alan Carr and Lionel Blair saved a man's life
Flashback after Blair dies at 92
05/11/2021 … In honour of Lionel Blair, who died yesterday at the age of 92, we reprint this story from September 21, 2006, in which he and Alan Carr saved a man's life.
Mrs Doubtfire musical comes to the UK
Manchester run for Broadway hit, written by John O’Farrell
05/11/2021 … A musical version of Mrs Doubtfire is coming to the UK next year.
Thu 04 November 2021
Labour frontbencher Jonathan Ashworth tries stand-up
Watch the MP's first bash at comedy
04/11/2021 … Labour frontbencher Jonathan Ashworth performed his first stand-up comedy gig last night.