Comic blasted over 'Jew' line
Lovdev Barpaga apologises for 'highly offensive' comment
23/03/2021 … Stand-up Lovdev Barpaga has apologised for making a ‘highly offensive’ joke about Jewish people during a Zoom gig.
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Tue 23 March 2021
Douglas Adams book shatters crowdfunding target
Archive now set to be published
23/03/2021 … Highlights from Douglas Adams’ archive are to be published after shattering its crowdfunding target in just hours.
Liz Carr joins The Watcher
Playing a lawyer in Netflix fantasy hit
23/03/2021 … Comedian turned actor Liz Carr has landed a role in Netflix hit The Watcher.
Julian Clary pens an 'autobi-dog-raphy'
23/03/2021 … Julian Clary is writing a second memoir, told though the dogs in his life.
Mon 22 March 2021
New comedy festival announced - for May
Gigs could be back sooner than you think...
22/03/2021 … Comedy festivals are set to return as early as May, with some events already on sale.
© C4 Adam & Joe Show comes to Britbox
(Although it's already available for free on All4)
22/03/2021 … All four series of the The Adam & Joe Show are to be released on Britbox next month.
How Douglas Adams came to hate Hitchhikers Guide
...and the TV series he never got to make
22/03/2021 … They are a bunch of oddballs whose popularity has endured for decades, but Douglas Adams came to hate the characters he created for The Hitchhiker’s Guide…
Sun 21 March 2021
Twitter suspends Lee Hurst over crude Greta Thunberg post
21/03/2021 … Lee Hurst has briefly been suspended from Twitter over a crude tweet about Greta Thunberg.