© Stuart Hogben Festival expands its comedy line-up
06/03/2018 … Seann Walsh, Lucy Porter and Kerry Godliman are to headline the Hertforshire festival Standon Calling, it has been announced this morning.
The worst misprint in newspaper history, revisted
05/03/2018 … It is surely the worst printing disaster in local newspaper history .
© Stuart Hogben As do Sara Pascoe and Desiree Burch
05/03/2018 … Dara O Briain, Sara Pascoe and Desiree Burch have been added to the line up of this year’s Teenage Cancer Trust benefit at the Royal Albert Hall.
© Shiny Button 05/03/2018 … With its high-tech HQ basking in the blue glow of vital computer monitors, ITV2’s new comedy Action Team might look like Spooks.
05/03/2018 … Netflix has ordered a fifth season of Black Mirror.
Eight years after his last tour
05/03/2018 … Rhod Gilbert is making a return to stand-up after more than six years away.
Mat Ricardo gives a progress report on his challenge to master new skills
05/03/2018 … As regular readers might know, I'm currently in the middle of developing my new one-man show, the concept of which is as follows: I released, onto the supermation…
© BBC/Gary Moyes ...but it's in its very early stages
05/03/2018 … They are more usually seen spoofing other people’s movies – but Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders are now planning to make their own film together.
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