© Mark Gordon/CC BY-SA 3.0 Scottish comedy veteran Johnny Beattie dies at 93
Nicola Sturgeon leads tributes
10/07/2020 … Glaswegian comedian Johnny Beattie has died at the age of 93.
Fri 10 July 2020
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Mark Watson's Carpool Comedy
Gig review by Steve Bennett at Bath Racecourse
10/07/2020 … ‘This is not a perfect way to do comedy,’ Mark Watson admits during the first of more than two dozen of his Carpool Comedy drive-in gigs.
Tom Allen’s UK travel show FINALLY comes to Channel 4
10/07/2020 … Tom Allen’s UK travel show pilot is to air on Channel 4 this December, the broadcaster has announced.
John Bishop announces 2021 tour dates
...but it's up to £37 to see a warm-up show!
10/07/2020 … John Bishop has announced his tour dates for 2021.
Sue Perkins and Guz Khan sign up to Comedy Central game show
Celebrity Game Night to be presented by Liza Tarbuck
10/07/2020 … Sue Perkins and Guz Khan are to be team captains in a celebrity game show newly commissioned by Comedy Central.
Trailer for Jack Whitehall: I'm Only Joking
His second Netflix special, coming this month
10/07/2020 … Netflix has released a trailer for Jack Whitehall's second special for them, called I'm Only Joking.
© Sally-Anne Hayward/Twitter Green light for outdoor comedy gigs
Government gives the OK for al fresco shows from this weekend
10/07/2020 … Comedy gigs can officially take place outdoors from Saturday.
Thu 09 July 2020
Disability need not be a punchline
Bethany Dawson and Tobias Soar call for a greater range of disabled characters in TV comedy
09/07/2020 … In British television comedy, disabled people are often the butt of cheap jokes: from the severely sight impaired Mr Magoo to the use of mental health problems for…