© Hat Trick/BBC Academic Sebastian Bloomfield argues that dissent is always at the heart of comedy
03/09/2020 … The BBC’s incoming director-general, Tim Davie, is reported to be considering how to balance the broadcaster’s comedy output to showcase both sides of…
Audience was too small to cover his £40 fee...
03/09/2020 … Jack Whitehall once paid John Bishop for a gig in laughing gas – claiming couldn’t afford the £40 fee.
Special is being touted as 'this year's Nanette'
03/09/2020 … Nate, Natalie Palamides’ sometimes confrontational clown show about consent, is coming to Netflix.
How Jo Brand got revenge on an awful ex
03/09/2020 … Jo Brand has revealed how she got revenge on an ex who treated her badly – by having a bonfire of his underwear.
© Channel 4 Police interrogation series to return
03/09/2020 … Sharon Horgan has joined the cast of Netflix thriller Criminal.
© BBC About the historian who discovered his body in a Leicester car park
03/09/2020 … Steve Coogan is to star in a movie about the discovery of Richard III's remains beneath a Leicester car park.
A newly relevant experiment from his Armistice TV show
03/09/2020 … Armando Iannucci has added his voice to the raging debate on whether the BBC should employ more right-wing comedians – by reminding his social media followers…
Todd Abbott has a track record in production
03/09/2020 … Australian state broadcaster ABC has appointed producer Todd Abbott as its new head of comedy.
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