BBC raps Jack Whitehall over dwarf jokes
...but clears Fin Taylor for 'bomb Glastonbury' gag
The BBC has censured Jack Whitehall for jokes he made about a dwarf on Live At The…
Jo Brand to offer tips on how to stay sane in a mad world
Jo Brand is to offer advice on how to cope with life…
Grace Mulvey wins BBC's £5,500 comedy bursary
Irish comedian Grace Mulvey has won the BBC’s…
Channel 4 commissions Jack Rooke's sitcom
Derry Girls actor Dylan Llewellyn and Jon Pointing…
Jayde Adams to record Radio 4 stand-up special
Jayde Adams is to record a Radio 4 stand-up special…
Missed the Chortle Comedy Book Festival?
Comedy fans who missed out on Chortle's book festival…
Sarah Millican announces huge tour
Sarah Millican has announced a mammoth 148-date tour,…
Rose Matafeo movie gets a UK release date
Rose Matafeo’s movie Baby Done is to be released in the UK and Ireland on January…
Comedians nominated for 2021 Grammy awards
Bill Burr, Jim Gaffigan Tiffany Haddish, Patton Oswalt and Jerry Seinfeld have…
Netflix drops Chappelle's Show
Chappelle's Show has been removed from Netflix at the request of the comedian…
Comedies dominate best of Christmas TV
The importance of comedy has been revealed in a new survey of the best Christmas…
The Goes Wrong... team tackle the Nativity
The Goes Wrong.. team are to return to BBC One this Christmas with a festive special. Their…
Tom Basden writes a BBC comedy to star Katherine Parkinson
Tom Basden has written a one-off BBC One sitcom starring Katherine Parkinson. Pandemonium…
Features
Win Tim Minchin's Upright on DVD
Tim Minchin’s comedy drama Upright has been released on DVD this week – and…
What was Timothy Lumsden's job in Sorry!?
Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled –…
Left to my own devices, I’d drink myself in to a coma every day
Meet The Richardsons is back on Dave for a two-part Christmas special next month.…
'It ended up being the soundtrack to Sara's womb'
As the first season of Sara Pascoe’s BBC Two comedy Out Of Her Mind comes to…
Reviews
The Comedy Of Error: Why Evolution Made Us Laugh
Funny thing, laughter. Swathes of research has gone…
Live comedy picks
Gig of the day
Adam Larter, Ali Brice, Ben Target, Eleanor Morton, Helen Duff, Joz Norris, Lucy Pearman, Matthew Highton
Online
from 20:00 - 22:00
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Mark Maier, Sol Bernstein, Sally-Anne Hayward
Amersham Potters Arms
Thursday 3rd Dec from 20:00 - 22:00Book now
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Jon Richardson: The Knitwit
Nottingham Royal Concert Hall and Theatre Royal
Thursday 3rd Dec from 20:00Book now
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Mark Watson: How You Can Almost Win
Milton Keynes Stables
Sunday 6th Dec from 20:00Book now
Gig of the day
Daniel Kitson: Dot. Dot. Dot.
Milford Haven Torch Theatre
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Laura Lexx: Knee Jerk
Brighton Komedia
Sunday 6th Dec from 20:00Book now
Other news
More names join the 2021 Leicester Comedy Festival
The Leicester Comedy Festival, has announced more shows…
Rose d'Or for Sex Education's Ncuti Gatwa
Sex Education star Ncuti Gatwa has won the ‘performance…
Comedians re-release festive fundraising track
Christmas Magic – a charity song featuring 60 top US comedians – has…
Edinburgh Fringe Society launches new crowdfunder
Signed memorabilia from Lin-Manuel Miranda, Adam Kay and Joe Lycett is being raffled…
Comics to play Dungeons & Dragons for charity - again!
Comedians James Acaster, Lou Sanders, Phil Wang and Sally Phillips will take…
Eric Idle joins marathon 9 Lessons gig
Eric Idle has been added to the line up of the annual Nine Lessons And Carols event…
The cast of hit 1980s sitcom Hi-de-Hi! are to hold an online reunion. Taking…
New film outfit to develop British comedies
A new production house has been set up to develop a slate of comedy movies for the…
Punching Up
Peter Dibdin returns!
He was first seen on Fist Of Fun 27 years ago. And now Richard Herring has revived his character Peter Dibdin, a sarcastic know-it-all driving instructor forever…
A dodgy telescope? We'll look into it...
Tweets of the week another day of staring at the…
Dara O Briain: I almost quit the Mock The Week
Dara O Briain has revealed that he once got so…
When Joel Dommett worked security
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Videos
Munya Chawawa’s posh drill rapper character, Unknown P, has released his first single under his new deal with Atlantic record – and it’s entitled Piers Morgan.
In it the upper-class alter-ego professes his love of Margaret Thatcher, the Tories and caviar, adding: ‘I’m like Piers because I’ve got more dough than female deers.’
The chorus goes: ‘Sipping on tea/Pass me a bourbon/Had to run a man down in my wellies/Now I’m on telly/ Piers Morgan/Susanna Reid, I’m adorin…’
The video’s below, and the track is available here
Unknown P: Piers Morgan
New track from Munya Chawawa’s posh drill rappe
Merry Christmas, Baked Potato by Matt Lucas
Comic releases a festive charity song
Rishi Sunak’s Black Friday Christmas Song
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