Amy Schumer: I got death threats over Oscars joke
'The secret service reached out to me'
14/04/2022 … Amy Schumer has revealed that got death threats over a skit she performed at the Oscars.
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Thu 14 April 2022
© Hungry McBear / BBC Michael McIntyre’s Big Show to return after three years
...and another series for The Wheel, too
14/04/2022 … Michael McIntyre’s Big Show is to return for a sixth series, following a three-year hiatus because of the Covid pandemic.
Wed 13 April 2022
Channel 4 announces seven new comedy pilots
From Jordan Brookes, Rosie Jones, Kiell Smith-Bynoe and others
13/04/2022 … Channel 4 is piloting seven new comedy programmes featuring the likes of Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Jordan Brookes and Rosie Jones.
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue companion is released on audiobook
To mark 50 years of the Radio 4 stalwart
13/04/2022 … A definitive guide to I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue has been released on audiobook to mark the 50th anniversary of Radio 4’s ‘antidote to panel…
© Harry Carr Brighton Comedy Garden announces 2022 line-up
Simon Amstell, Dylan Moran, Stewart Lee and more
13/04/2022 … Brighton's Comedy Garden is to return this summer with headliners Simon Amstell, Stewart Lee, Adam Buxton, Dylan Moran, Sara Pascoe and Phil Wang.
Liam Neeson makes a surprise appearance in Derry Girls
‘I was delighted to be able to play a wee part'
13/04/2022 … Liam Neeson made a surprise cameo appearance in Derry Girls last night, delighting fans.
© Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA/CC BY-SA 2.0 Tributes after Gilbert Gottfried dies at 67
'Just indescribably unusually hilarious'
13/04/2022 … Gravel-voiced American comedian and actor Gilbert Gottfried has died at the age of 67.
Tue 12 April 2022
Top talent coming to the BBC’s first comedy festival
Charlie Brooker, Greg Davies, Romesh Ranganathan and more
12/04/2022 … Charlie Brooker, Greg Davies, Jamie Demetriou, Romesh Ranganathan and Stephen Merchant have been confirmed to attend the BBC’s first comedy festival.