'Comedians are pretty unsavoury'
Barry Humphries defends his right to be offensive
29/04/2019 … Barry Humphries failed to address the controversy surrounding his comments about transgender people when he appeared on stage in London last night.
2019 Punching Up
Mon 29 April 2019
Rhod Gilbert refunds fans who paid £130 each to see him
Viagogo mark-up made him more expensive than Hamilton!
29/04/2019 … Rhod Gilbert has refunded fans who were ripped off by ticket touts.
Sun 28 April 2019
Comic saves a choking woman
...and she plays a paramedic on Casualty
28/04/2019 … A comedian who once played a paramedic in Casualty has saved a woman’s life with the Heimlich manoeuvre.
Fri 26 April 2019
© BBC The Adam Ant/John Rhys-Davies mash-up you need to see...
26/04/2019 … Tweets of the week A musical commemoration of John Rhys-Davies's performance on Question Time last night, with humble apologies to Adam Ant.
Thu 25 April 2019
It was my first paid gig – I got $100 to shut up!
Wyatt Cenac recalls his early stand-up career
25/04/2019 … American comic Wyatt Cenac has spoken about the first time he earned money for stand-up – when a punter offered him $100 to STOP telling jokes.
© BBC Alan Davies: I once pooed in a bush
When Jonathan Creek was up shit creek...
25/04/2019 … Alan Davies has revealed that he once shat in a bush The Jonathan Creek star confessed to his shameful secret during last night’s episode of QI –…
Tue 23 April 2019
Just like his mamma?
Wikipedia says comic is rap tycoon's son...
23/04/2019 … Northern Irish comedian Shane Todd is harbouring a bizarre secret – if Wikipedia is to be believed.
When the Fringe gives you lemons...
The curse of the duplicate Edinburgh show titles
23/04/2019 … Edinburgh Fringe shows are registered at the start of the year, making comedians hostages to fate by the time they go on sale.