Who tried to put Piers Morgan in Room 101?
01/09/2020 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Tue 01 September 2020
Fringe fundraiser nears £250,000
01/09/2020 … A campaign to help those affected by the cancellation of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe has raised almost £250,000.
Who's hosting BBC Presents: Stand Up For Live Comedy?
01/09/2020 … The first hosts have been announced for the BBC's new stand-up series BBC Presents: Stand Up For Live Comedy.
John Oliver lobbies for sewerage plant to be named in his 'honour'
Comic offers $55,000 to make it so
01/09/2020 … John Oliver has welcomed plans to name a sewage treatment plant after him –and even offered a $55,000 bounty to help grease the wheels.
© BBC/Endemol Shine New BBC boss targets 'left-wing' comedy shows
Shows may be axed as Tim Davie seeks balance
01/09/2020 … New BBC chief Tim Davie is to target comedy shows often seen as too left-wing, it has been reported today.
Mon 31 August 2020
Steve Coogan: I'm definitely going to do a show at the Fringe
Alan Partridge creator teases an 'odd and unusual' appearance
31/08/2020 … Steve Coogan has said he will definitely stage a show at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Filming resumes on series 2 of Breeders
Production had been halted for 16 weeks
31/08/2020 … Martin Freeman and Daisy Haggard have today resumed shooting the second series of their Sky comedy Breeders.
Comedians make the 2020 Britain's Got Talent semi-finals
...as improv group Noise Next Door withdraw from contest
31/08/2020 … Comedians Myra Dubois, Steve Royle, Nabil Abdulrashid and Allen Finnegan have made it through to the live semi-finals of this year's Britain's Got…