A brawl broke out in a comedy club when a heckler challenged comic Roger Monkhouse for telling risque jokes. A woman in the audience at Nottingham's Glee Club reportedly took issue with the veteran comedian’s gags about the terror attacks in Brussels and Jimmy Savile’s paedophilia. One witness said closing act Monkhouse tried to explain his material, but was drowned out by heckles and boos, so he left the stage. …
• ‘It upsets me if I meet someone before a show wearing jeans and a jersey who goes on stage in the same clothes. …
Ruth Jones is to release two novels, after a fierce bidding war between publishers. …
Barry Humphries is to front a three-part Channel 4 show about ageing. …
A comedy gig about free speech has been sabotaged – by protestors angry at stand-up Kate Smurthwaite's views. …
Kevin Hart is launching a new comedy streaming service as well as a video game in which players simulate the life of a stand-up star. …
The full cast has been announced for the reboot of Porridge, including Catastrophe's Mark Bonnar as a wily Scottish prison guard. …
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