Vittorio Angelone apology acknowledged - but not accepted
Rebecca Goodwin's last word on comic's offensive gag
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BBC merges its comedy commissioning teams
The BBC is to merge its teams commissioning comedy…
TV festival won't clash with Edinburgh Fringe
Next year’s TV Festival will NOT clash with the…
Mark Thomas to star in a stage show about the workings of the mind
Mark Thomas is to star in a new theatre production…
Petition to save Radio 4 Extra nears 2,500 signatures
Radio 4 Extra fans are signing our petition to save…
Jimmy Cricket's joke book to be published posthumously
A book of jokes Jimmy Cricket was working on when he…
Goodness Gracious Me cast received death threats
The cast of Goodness Gracious Me received death threats…
Could you create the next Bridget Jones?
Bridget Jones creator Helen Fielding has launched a prize to find distinctive new…
‘We were woke before it was a thing!'
Fascinating Aïda have announced a tour of more than 75 theatres next year. The…
Radio 4 Extra – the treasure trove of archive BBC comedy – is to…
Row as venue is booted out of the Brighton Fringe
A significant Brighton Fringe venue has been banned from next year’s festival,…
'Landmark event' to celebrate women in comedy
The Royal Albert Hall is to host what’s being billed as ‘a landmark event…
More unseen Only Fools And Horses footage to get an airing
The U&Gold channel is to broadcast two more batches of unseen Only Fools And…
Tour news
Features
'Ted was the perfect companion'
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing returns for a ninth series at 9pm on Sunday…
Save Radio 4 Extra
Chortle has launched a petition to save Radio 4 Extra as comedians, writers, producers…
What was General Melchett's first name in Blackadder Goes Forth?
Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled –…
Why great comedy podcasts are getting harder to find
Ask anyone to name Britain’s biggest comedy podcasts and you’ll get the…
Reviews
Thao Cao: What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Funnier
Thao Cao, a dry and deadpan Australian comic, certainly…
Live comedy picks
Gig of the day
Russell Howard: Don’t Tell The Algorithm
Birmingham Alexandra Theatre
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Ivo Graham: Orange Crush
Launceston Town Hall
Thursday 29th Oct from 19:30Book now
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Oh, Mary!
Trafalgar Theatre
Saturday 24th Oct from 19:30Book now
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Laura Lexx: Yo Yo
Exeter Phoenix Arts Centre
Saturday 31st OctBook now
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Lucy Beaumont: Bad At Quiz Shows, Good With Weirdos
Torquay Princess Theatre
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Olga Koch: Fat Tom Cruise
Leeds The Wardrobe
Tuesday 10th NovBook now
Other news
Geoff Norcott returns to Quesion Time
Comic Geoff Norcott is returning to Question Time tomorrow…
Ricky Gervais announces European tour dates for 2027
Ricky Gervais has announced a raft of arena shows across…
Stephen Fry to host next year's Slapstick film gala
Sir Stephen Fry will host the gala evening of silent comedy films at next year’s…
Play That Goes Wrong becomes one of the West End's longest-running shows
The Play That Goes Wrong has entered the list of the longest-running West End shows,…
Sian Gibson, Neil Morrissey and Shobna Gulati are to guest star in the third and…
Who's on series two of Ed Gamble’s Unacceptable!
Ed Gamble’s Unacceptable! will return to TLC from November 8, the broadcaster…
The replacement for the defunct Leicester Comedy Festival is to maintain an annual…
CK Nath wins best show at Women In Comedy festival
CK Nath has won the best show award at the Women In Comedy Festival, with Kimia…
Punching Up
Is it good that I inspired Malcolm Tucker?
Alastair Campbell enjoys a mixed legacy as both an architect of New Labour who helped the party oust the Tories and the attack-dog press officer behind the dodgy…
Katherine Ryan: I got a facelift eight weeks after giving birth
Katherine Ryan has told of getting a facelift just…
When Rob Beckett's crowd heckled his five-year-old daughter
Comedy crowds can be brutal – even to a…
The West Staines Massiv took over London yesterday…
Videos
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...ie the actor who plays him on the US original