'Stompy... but such stamina!'
Judges' verdicts on Bill Bailey's Strictly jive
28/11/2020 … Bill Bailey and Oti Mabuse scored the second-lowest score on Strictly Come Dancing tonight.
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Sat 28 November 2020
Going online, the comedy show that sold out in eight seconds
The week's best comedy on demand
28/11/2020 … The week's best comedy on demandNow HIDDEN IRELAND: Comedian Michael Stranney has launched this quirky podcast offering a look at the entirely fictional peculiarities…
Fri 27 November 2020
Jo Brand to offer tips on how to stay sane in a mad world
27/11/2020 … Jo Brand is to offer advice on how to cope with life in the second lockdown in a new Channel 4 show.
Grace Mulvey wins BBC's £5,500 comedy bursary
Awarded in honour of Galton & Simpson to develop a new script
27/11/2020 … Irish comedian Grace Mulvey has won the BBC’s first £5,500 Galton & Simpson bursary for comedy writing.
BBC raps Jack Whitehall over dwarf jokes
...but clears Fin Taylor for 'bomb Glastonbury' gag
27/11/2020 … The BBC has censured Jack Whitehall for jokes he made about a dwarf on Live At The Apollo.
Thu 26 November 2020
Channel 4 commissions Jack Rooke's sitcom
Big Boys to star Dylan Llewellyn and Jon Pointing
26/11/2020 … Derry Girls actor Dylan Llewellyn and Jon Pointing from Plebs are to star in a new Channel 4 comedy series created by comedian Jack Rooke.
© C4 More names join the 2021 Leicester Comedy Festival
26/11/2020 … The Leicester Comedy Festival, has announced more shows for next year’s event.
Rose d'Or for Sex Education's Ncuti Gatwa
...and another for Normal People’s Daisy Edgar-Jones
26/11/2020 … Sex Education star Ncuti Gatwa has won the ‘performance of the year’ accolade at the prestigious international Rose d’Or television awards.