Jessie Cave: My baby has Covid-19
Comic breaks news on Instagram
05/01/2021 … Comedian Jessie Cave has revealed that her baby boy has contracted Covid-19.
Tue 05 January 2021
Thu 31 December 2020
Doing comedy off the circuit...
How stand-up Mark Simmons battled on through a power cut
31/12/2020 … One motto of 2020 has to be ‘the show must go on…’ And when comic Mark Simmons performed a streaming gig last night, he had several…
Sun 27 December 2020
© BBC Dawn French: I've been asked to perform exorcisms
Comic cashes in on Vicar Of Dibley character
27/12/2020 … Dawn French says she’s been asked to perform exorcisms, in the guise of the Vicar Of Dibley.
Mon 21 December 2020
Ten of the worst Christmas cracker jokes
21/12/2020 … A greetings card company has released a list of the worst Christmas Cracker jokes – and you might have trouble distinguishing them from some lists…
Sun 20 December 2020
© Sky UK Eddie Izzard: Call me 'she'
Fans praise comic for switching pronouns
20/12/2020 … Fans and fellow comics are congratulating Eddie Izzard for switching to female pronouns.
Fri 18 December 2020
If Scrooge was a stand-up
18/12/2020 … Quote of the week ‘To all critics of stand-up comedy: do you understand that when your piece comes out, we’ve already left town – with the money’…
Thu 17 December 2020
Last night a T.Fey saved my life...
Tina tells of rescuing a kayaker
17/12/2020 … Tina Fey has told how she saved a man's life, after she heard his cries for help in New York’s Hudson River.
Making an exhibition of himself...
Museum buys Peter Kay's purple Amarillo suit
17/12/2020 … The purple suit Peter Kay famously wore in the video for the 2005 Comic Relief single (Is This The Way To) Amarillo has been saved for the nation.