© HBO How Daniel Sloss made it easier to swear on film
Comedian's show X wasn't X-rated, censors ruled
13/07/2021 … Rules on bad language in stand-up specials have been loosened – and it’s all thanks to Daniel Sloss.
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Tue 13 July 2021
© HBO 
Funny on so many levels...
Comedians to play Fringe dates in a converted car park
13/07/2021 … Jason Byrne, Fred MacAulay and Maisie Adam have announced Edinburgh Fringe dates – in a converted car park.
Mon 12 July 2021
Andrew Lawrence: Now his agent drops him
...as gigs are cancelled in the wake of racist tweets
12/07/2021 … Andrew Lawrence’s agents have dropped the comedian following his racist jokes about England’s black footballers.
© C4 Jimmy Carr to host new Channel 4 quiz show
Format devised by Richard Bacon
12/07/2021 … Jimmy Carr is to host a new comedy quiz show for Channel 4 this autumn.
© Andy Hollingworth Free Festival unveils Edinburgh Fringe programme
12/07/2021 … The Laughing Horse Free Festival has announced more than 60 shows for this year’s Edinburgh Fringe – most of them in-person.
Sun 11 July 2021
'Comedy's doomed because we all have to be woke'
Critic Kate Copstick slams increasing sensitivities
11/07/2021 … Comedy is sinking into a ‘quicksand’ of woke thinking, veteran reviewer Kate Copstick has argued.
© Luke Stephenson Aisling Bea's This Way Up returns
Best of the week's comedy on TV and radio
11/07/2021 … Here’s our pick of the week’s best comedy programmes on TV, radio and on-demand: Sunday July 11 TABOO: Comedy critic Kate Copstick and guests Desiree…
Brighton resorts to stand-up....
The best of the week's live comedy
11/07/2021 … The best of the week’s live comedy.