Netflix announces its first special from an Icelandic comic
Ari Eldjárn show drops next month
03/11/2020 … Netflix has announced that its first ever comedy special by an Icelandic comedian will be released on December 2.
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© UKTV Just 30 mourners will be at Bobby Ball's funeral
Lockdown limits numbers... but he will say farewell to Blackpool Tower
03/11/2020 … Fewer than 30 people will attend Bobby Ball’s funeral later this month because of the coronavirus lockdown.
This election is a joke!
Where to watch comedians commentate on the US Presidential race tonight
03/11/2020 … Many news networks and online outlets are offering coverage of the US Presidential election tonight, but of course stuck-at-home comedians are also keen to get in…
Nigel Ng punched in racist attack
Comic believes assault was Covid-related
03/11/2020 … Comedian Nigel Ng has been assaulted in what he believes was a racially charged attack.
© Greengo8cat/CC BY-SA 4.0 John Sessions dies at 67
Comedian, improviser and impressionist suffers fatal heart attack
03/11/2020 … John Sessions, who came to prominence as an improviser on Whose Line Is It Anyway? in the 1980s has died at the age of 67.
Acting role for Borat 2 babysitter Jeanise Jones
Satirical movie from ex-South Park writer Jane Bussmann
03/11/2020 … Borat 2’s unexpected star Jeanise Jones is to play an angel in a new satirical film.
Britain's comedy circuit has a race issue
..says Britain’s Got Talent finalist Nabil Abdulrashid
03/11/2020 … Britain’s comedy circuit has a racist bias that keeps black comedians down, Britain’s Got Talent finalist Nabil Abdulrashid claims.
Dan Tiernan is top Frog
New comic wins Manchester contest
03/11/2020 … Dan Tiernan, who works in a care home for young asylum seekers, has won the annual new act competition run by Manchester’s Frog and Bucket.