© David A Ellis / Creative Commons 3.0/CC BY-SA 3.0 Ken Dodd helps build a new theatre
His charity chips in £700,000 to Playhouse North
19/08/2020 … Ken Dodd is helping to build a new theatre from beyond the grave.
Wed 19 August 2020
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Alice Levine to co-host The Museum of Curiosity
As Eddie Izzard, Ian Hislop and Hannah Gadsby appear as guests
19/08/2020 … Alice Levine is to take over as curator on Radio 4’s The Museum of Curiosity.
Tue 18 August 2020
The world's first chat show on a chemo ward
Dara O Briain is the first guest on Sarah Mills's new YouTube show
18/08/2020 … Comedian and TV producer Sarah Mills has launched the world's first chat show set in a chemotherapy ward.
© Just For Laughs Trevor Noah reschedules London dates AGAIN
Now he should be coming in September 2021
18/08/2020 … Trevor Noah has been forced to reschedule his UK dates yet again.
To Be Someone by Ian Stone
18/08/2020 … You don’t have to be a Jam fan to appreciate Ian Stone’s reminiscences about his formative experiences following the band, but you possibly have to be…
What is the surname of the neighbours in The Good Life?
18/08/2020 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Sky buys A Black Lady Sketch Show
Groundbreaking HBO series coming to the UK
18/08/2020 … A Black Lady Sketch Show is coming to the UK.
Theatre reopens with a live comedy audience
...but the comedians stay at home!
18/08/2020 … A theatre is opening its doors after lockdown with a comedy show with a live audience – but absent comedians.