Police probe claims comic sent 'disgusting' texts
Allegations made against award-winner Scott Gibson
Stand-up Scott Gibson is being investigated by police over reports that he sent 'disgusting'…
Vic Reeves signs up for Celebrity Masterchef
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Josie Long and Liam Williams write a R4 play
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Venue cancels comedian's show after death threat
A ‘drunken idiot’ forced a venue to cancel…
New tours for Ellie Taylor and Mae Martin
Ellie Taylor and Mae Martin have both announced…
Welcome to the 20th Century! Mock The Week features two women
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Comedian Ariane Sherine has signed a book deal to write an accessible guide to therapy. Talk…
Bill Cosby to tell youngsters how to avoid sex charges
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Russell Kane's smashing new gameshow
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Jason Manford and Paul Chowdhry extend tours
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Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders were reunited on stage last night, to receive an…
Features
Stand Up For Refugees
Comics gathered at the Brighton Dome last night for a Stand Up For Refugees gig. It…
'It’s basically a circus... with vegetables'
My introduction to comedy was pretty late in the day. My mum brought us up on arthouse…
Remember when Mollie Sugden was an astronaut?
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'Prince Andrew is always funny, he's our Terry-Thomas'
Spoof royal family soap The Windsors is returning to Channel 4 for a second series…
Who created Garfield?
Here's this week's comedy trivia quiz - compiled, as always by broadcaster…
'Such a satisfying antidote to media pomposity...'
Variety group Slightly Fat Features are performing at the Underbelly Festival on…
Reviews
The premise of Host The Week is that the guest presenter…
When Zazu first emerged a few years ago, they seemed…
Dylan Brody's Driving Hollywood
Dylan Brody is a humorist, so often a euphemism for…
Ricky Gervais has never encountered a sensibility he…
Dedicated improv venues are springing up all over the…
One sketch in the opening episode of The Damien Slash…
It seemed like every comedian in London was at one…
Live comedy picks
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Opinion
The state of women in comedy
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New London date for Gabriel Iglesias
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Videos
Elf Lyons has listed the worst things she's bought when drunk in the latest episode of BBC Three's Life Lesson shorts.
They include £40 worth of kale, a 'haunted' mirror an a shark costume.
Here is the footage, with a twist, that was shot in her own home:
Elf Lyons: The worst things I’ve bought when drunk
BBC Three Life Lessons
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