© Thomas Laisne Steve Coogan to play Jimmy Savile
'An intelligent script tackling sensitively an horrific story'
26/09/2021 … Steve Coogan is trading Alan Partridge for Jimmy Savile.
Sun 26 September 2021
© Thomas Laisne 
Women in Comedy Festival returns
The best of the week's live comedy
26/09/2021 … The best of the week's live comedy.
Sat 25 September 2021
Jason Byrne pulls tour dates after heart scare
Comic having op to open arteries next month
25/09/2021 … Jason Byrne has cancelled a string of UK dates after being diagnosed with a heart condition.
Comics to host Channel 4's Stand Up To Cancer
Alan Carr, Adam Hills and Joe Lycett
25/09/2021 … Alan Carr, Adam Hills and Joe Lycett have been named as hosts of Channel 4's Stand Up To Cancer telethon.
Comic sues over joke theft claim
Plagiarism row could end up in the High Court
25/09/2021 … A joke-theft row could end up in the High Court as a comedian is suing a fellow stand-up who accused him of plagiarism.
Fri 24 September 2021
Just For Laughs expands into Texas
Montreal behemoth combines with Moontower Comedy Festival
24/09/2021 … Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival is expanding into Austin, Texas.
How's your day going...?
24/09/2021 … Tweets of the week The Guinness Book of Records currently lists the anechoic chamber at Orfield Laboratories in Minneapolis as being the quietest place in the…
Jack Whitehall steps down from the Brits
Comic won't be hosting 2022 ceremony
24/09/2021 … Jack Whitehall is stepping down as host of the Brit Awards after four years.