Clive James dies at 80
Witty TV critic succumbs after ten years of illness
27/11/2019 … Clive James has died aged 80, ten years after being diagnosed with leukaemia and lung disease.
Wed 27 November 2019
'He’s stoking misogynistic trolls'
Bill Burr and Jena Friedman clash after she calls out 'creepy' headliners
27/11/2019 … US stand-ups Bill Burr and Jena Friedman have clashed on the relationship between 'angry, famous male comics' and their support acts.
© BBC/Sophie Mutevelian Vic and Bob’s Big Night Out
27/11/2019 … Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer look like they are men with nothing to prove any more, and that’s wonderfully liberating.
Morgana Robinson to play Tracey Emin
27/11/2019 … Morgana Robinson is to play Tracey Emin in a Sky Urban Myth.
Monty Python release a new single
Previously unheard version of I'm So Worried
27/11/2019 … Monty Python have released a new country and western version of their song I'm So Worried to mark their 50th anniversary.
© Open Media/CC BY-SA 3.0 Jonathan Miller dies
Groundbreaking Beyond The Fringe satirist was 85
27/11/2019 … Jonathan Miller, who shot to fame as part of the groundbreaking Beyond The Fringe, has died this morning, aged 85.
Tim Minchin: I turned down the chance to be a sitcom star
‘I just don’t feel funny like that'
27/11/2019 … Tim Minchin has revealed that he turned down a lucrative TV deal to make a sitcom based on his own life.
Andy Hamilton to release a book in longhand
Comedy writer's publishing first
27/11/2019 … Comedian and writer Andy Hamilton is to create publishing history by releasing a book entirely in longhand.