All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Comedy accidentally falls foul of rules to stop political misinformation
11/11/2020 … Facebook has removed a video of Donald Trump spreading false information about how to vote - despite it being a puppet version of the US President in a clearly satirical…
Comedian stands down after ten years
11/11/2020 … Graham Norton is quitting his Saturday morning Radio 2 show after ten tears.
Fury as scores of Alpine comedy gigs are axed because of Brexit
11/11/2020 … A string of comedy gigs in the Alps has been cancelled because of Brexit.
A Scottish comedy tradition is over
11/11/2020 … Scottish sketch show Only An Excuse? is to come to an end after 27 years.
© DoD News/EJ Hersom/CC BY-SA 2.0 Duke joins fundraiser for US military veterans
11/11/2020 … Prince Harry is to appear on the bill of an American stand-up show next week.
Desiree Burch to host Bameshow
10/11/2020 … Radio 4 is making its first panel show featuring only comedians of colour.
Poems and conversations to be unveiled at next week's Chortle Comedy Book Festival
10/11/2020 … Tim Key has written a new book during lockdown, to be unveiled at next week’s Chortle Comedy Book Festival.
Unearthed: The first known recording of a comedian broadcast in the UK
10/11/2020 … Here is the oldest surviving recording of a comedian that aired in the UK.
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