When Bill Bailey repeated his jokes on stage
21/12/2024 … Bill Bailey has vowed never again to take painkillers before going on stage – after he unwittingly ended up repeating his material under their influence.
Single fails to make the top 100
21/12/2024 … Twenty-one years ago, Leigh Francis had a festive No 4 with the Bo’ Selecta! tie-in Proper Crimbo.
© Madame Tussauds Comic finds his Madame Tussauds figure was melted down
20/12/2024 … John Bishop has been given a hard lesson in the fragility of frame – when he discovered that Madam Tussauds had melted down his waxwork.
Singers meet the comics ribbing them
18/12/2024 … When promoting their new show in which they play fictionalised versions of crooners Alfie Boe and Michael Ball, comics John Kearns and Adam Riches were very careful…
© Aardman Animations Creator Nick Park on the return of his animated favourites
17/12/2024 … Gromit was almost a cat, Wallace and Gromit creator Nick Park has revealed.
Ted Danson on his first reaction to the comedy he starred in
12/12/2024 … It might have revitalised his career – as well as his own love of comedy – but Ted Danson has admitted he initially hated Curb Your Enthusiasm.
...and how he's never forgotten Rufus Hound's compering error
11/12/2024 … James Acaster has settled an old score with Rufus Hound about a gig he compered.
Pub Landlord Al Murray to perform in alcohol-free Saudi Arabia
09/12/2024 … It’s a nation where anyone caught drinking faces fines or jail, so it’s not most obvious place to find Al Murray’s Pub Landlord.
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