Sick jokes
Stand-up show stopped by vomit... and lots of it
18/05/2018 … As a heckle, it takes some beating… Kiwi stand-up Melanie Bracewell was midway through her show at the New Zealand Comedy Festival last night when a punter…
Fri 18 May 2018
© BBC/Two Brothers Pictures When Phoebe Waller-Bridge got raunchy with Camilla Parker Bowles
That's a lot of double-barrelled names...
18/05/2018 … Meeting the Duchess of Cornwall might normally require a certain amount of decorum.
Wed 16 May 2018
She quit comedy – but Hannah Gadsby's back at the Fringe
And her new show is billed as 'hilarious'. What gives?
16/05/2018 … She solemnly vowed to quit comedy after her last show, saying it was an unhealthy occupation that would suspend her ‘in a permanent state of adolescence’.
Sun 13 May 2018
'Not as funny as lard'
Fred MacAulay on his TV humiliation
13/05/2018 … Fred MacAulay has been reminiscing about a big break he didn't quite get at the start of his career.
Fri 11 May 2018
What song does this picture represent?
11/05/2018 … Tweets of the week I’ve decided I’m giving up sex for the past 6 months.
Thu 10 May 2018
© Rose d'Or John Cleese: I'm quitting Britain
Comic's fury over MPs' vote not to curb the press
10/05/2018 … John Cleese has vowed to leave Britain, after MPs voted against tightening up press regulation.
© BBC Lucas and Walliams together again
10/05/2018 … Matt Lucas and David Walliams are working together for the first time in seven years.
Tue 08 May 2018
'My testicle swelled to the size of a grapefruit'
Jim Jefferies shares his medical problems
08/05/2018 … Jim Jefferies has revealed the reason he had to cancel his appearance on Conan O'Brien's late-night talk show a couple of weeks back – and it's not pretty.