© C4 Harry Hill joins Wells festival
21/02/2020 … Harry Hill, Robin Ince and Angelos Epithemiou have been added to the line-up of this year’s Wells Comedy Festival.
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Fri 21 February 2020
© C4 Thu 20 February 2020
Comics raise thousands for Leicester Comedy Festival
To help support community work
20/02/2020 … Comedians including Jo Brand, Arthur Smith, Hal Cruttenden, and Milton Jones have helped raise more than £20,000 to support the Leicester Comedy Festival.
© BBC Man Like Mobeen up for arts award
20/02/2020 … Man Like Mobeen and comedian Cariad Lloyd have been nominated for awards to honour those who make a social impact in the arts.
Tue 18 February 2020
M*A*S*H star Kellye Nakahara dies at 72
She played nurse Kellye Yamato in 167 episodes
18/02/2020 … Kellye Nakahara, who played Lieutenant Nurse Kellye Yamato on M*A*S*H, has died at the age of 72.
Mon 17 February 2020
John Bishop to host Teenage Cancer Trust benefit
Royal Albert Hall gig returns for another year
17/02/2020 … John Bishop is to host this year’s Teenage Cancer Trust comedy night at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
Thu 13 February 2020
When is After Life series 2 coming to Netflix?
13/02/2020 … Netflix has announced the date Ricky Gervais’s comedy After Life will return.
Wed 12 February 2020
Chair of Edinburgh Fringe steps down
Sir Timothy O’Shea had served the maximum term
12/02/2020 … Professor Sir Timothy O’Shea is to step down as chair of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society’s board in August.
Putting the International into the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Overseas line-up bills announced
12/02/2020 … The Melbourne International Comedy Festival has confirmed the line-ups of its regular line-up shows.