BBC pulls blackface sketches from That Mitchell and Webb Look
Overkill, or a problem to be addressed?
The BBC has been accused of ‘overkill’ after cutting sketches referencing…
Street is named after Ken Dodd
Blackpool has renamed one of its streets after Ken…
Iain Stirling joins The Traitors US
Iain Stirling is swapping Love Island for The Traitors…
Not Going Out celebrates 20 years
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Two Doors Down becomes a stage play
The best of the week's live comedy, picked from…
Mixed reviews for Josh Widdicombe's Strictly debut
Josh Widdicombe got mixed reviews for his first show…
What happens in The Inbetweeners 3?
Details of the third Inbetweeners movie have been…
Stephanie Cole – whose comedy roles included Waiting For God, Cabin Pressure…
Publisher drops David Walliams back catalogue
HarperCollins will no longer print any of David Walliams’s back catalogue of…
Another chapter in the Goodnight Sweetheart saga
Gary Sparrow, the time-travelling bigamist at the centre of BBC sitcom Goodnight…
Radio 4 isn't going without Alan Davies
Alan Davies’ Radio 4 series Life Without is to return for a second series. Ten…
Joel Dommett writes a script about his catfishing scam
Joel Dommett is writing a TV script based on the time he was blackmailed in a catfishing…
Amazon axes Romesh Ranganathan’s contest show
Romesh Ranganathan’s contest show Would You Rather: Decide To Survive has reportedly…
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Features
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Surreal animated comedy The Golden Cobra returns to BBC Three and iPlayer on…
'A really polished comedian will get reamed in the UK'
Rich Hall started out as a street performer before finding stand-up and winning an…
What was Joan Rivers' real surname?
Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled…
'I'm treating this more as a gig than a quiz show'
John Bishop hosts the new BBC quiz show Wisdom Of The Crowd this weekend. Here he…
Reviews
Live comedy picks
Gig of the day
Tim Key: Loganberry
Liverpool Epstein Theatre
from 20:00 - 21:10
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Scott Bennett: Stuff
Plymouth Quad Theatre
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Frankie Monroe: Dead and Alive!!!!
Manchester Fairfield Social Club
Friday 25th Sep from 19:00Book now
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Scott Bennett: Blood Sugar Baby
Darlington Hippodrome
Friday 2nd Oct from 19:30Book now
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Olga Koch: Fat Tom Cruise
Park Theatre
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Catherine Bohart: Borrowing Trouble
Newcastle Stand
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Friends rally to bring Rumpel home
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Jake Bhardwaj to host the British Podcast Awards
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John Thomson is to play Ebenezer Scrooge in a production of A Christmas Carol at…
Closed pub bought back to life as a comedy venue
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BBC seeks the next great Scouse sitcom
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Plymouth to get its own comedy festival
Josh Widdicombe is backing the inaugural Plymouth Comedy Festival as ambassador. More…
Comedians host new scandal podcast
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Larry Dean launches podcast with husband Mikey Crump
Saturday Night Live UK star Larry Dean has launched a podcast with his husband, Mikey…
Punching Up
Josh Widdicombe: I landed the Strictly job with a jokey text
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Ruby Wax: I got banned from Disneyland for being high
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'I died so badly I saw a ghost'
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Noel Fielding was so convinced he’d have a successful…
Videos
Eccentric comedian Chris Fleming was nominated for an Emmy this month – but lost out to the Muppets.
And how did they take it? Not so well as this stand-up clip shows...
Fleming was up for the Emmy for outstanding writing for a variety special alongside Nikki Glaser, Wanda Sykes and the team who wrote Conan O'Brien's Oscar-hosting script – as well as the Muppets.
Chris Fleming: I lost to the Muppets
But is he bitter about the Emmy result?
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