Jimmy Kimmel sketch costs broadcaster £325,000
...for using emergency alert tones
16/08/2019 … Jimmy Kimmel’s US talk show has been fined £325,000 for using the emergency warning tone in a comedy sketch.
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Fri 16 August 2019
Stephen Fry to present the Edinburgh Comedy Award
Star won the first ever accolade in 1981
16/08/2019 … Stephen Fry is to present Dave’s Edinburgh Comedy Award to the best show on the Fringe.
Thu 15 August 2019
© BBC Janine Harouni takes the BBC Radio 4 Comedy Award
American crowned winner in live final
15/08/2019 … Janine Harouni has won this year's BBC Radio 4 comedy award.
Tom Allen pilots new Channel 4 series
Coming from a different town each week
15/08/2019 … Tom Allen is working on a new Channel 4 series which will come from a different British location each week.
© Channel 4 Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back... will be back
Second series for comic's consumer affairs show
15/08/2019 … Channel 4 has commissioned a second series of Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back.
Eurydice Dixon's killer in court
Disturbing details of attack revealed before he is sentenced
15/08/2019 … The man who killed Australian comedian Eurydice Dixon has appeared in court ahead of his sentencing.
Wed 14 August 2019
Guest hosts for Radio 4's News Quiz
No permanent chair for the show's 100th series
14/08/2019 … Radio 4’s News Quiz is to have a guest presenter each week as it celebrates its 100th series.
Tue 13 August 2019
Alan Partridge gets Steve Coogan off a long driving ban
Comic argued that losing his licence would put the next series in jeopardy
13/08/2019 … Steve Coogan has escaped a lengthy driving ban – by saying he'd have to cancel the next Alan Partridge series if he didn’t have a licence.