Comic flees Russia as police close in
'I'm scared, but not surprised' admits comic facing probe into the jokes
23/01/2020 … A Russian comedian has been forced to flee his homeland after his jokes attracted the attention of the police.
Thu 23 January 2020
© Eduardo Unda-Sanzana/CC BY-SA 2.0 Terry Jones: Some favourite anecdotes
After the former Python dies at 77
23/01/2020 … The death of Terry Jones at the age of 77, after succumbing to dementia, has inevitably revived some anecdotes and odd facts about his long career in comedy.
Dave orders a second slice of Sliced
Samson Kayo's pizza-delivery sitcom gets another series
23/01/2020 … Dave has ordered a second series of Sliced, the comedy starring Samson Kayo and Theo Barklem Biggs as pizza delivery guys.
Wed 22 January 2020
Comedy festival wins grant to target older people
22/01/2020 … Leicester Comedy Festival has received a £20,000 grant to create more shows for older people.
Avenue 5
22/01/2020 … It revolves around a hapless band of out-of-their-depth chancers trying to maintain a public veneer of trusted competence while privately reacting in panic to events…
Terry Jones dies at 77
Four years after his dementia diagnosis
22/01/2020 … Michael Palin, Eric Idle and John Cleese are among those who have paid tribute to their Monty Python colleague Terry Jones after he died at the age of…
© Andrew Perry Richard Gadd’s Baby Reindeer heads to the West End
Comedian's 'terrifying' show then transfers to New York
22/01/2020 … Richard Gadd’s acclaimed one-man show Baby Reindeer is heading to London’s West End.
Now THAT's how to throw a sickie...
Russell Brand's audacious lie to get off work
22/01/2020 … Russell Brand is not known for doing things by halves – and even before he got into comedy he pulled the most audacious sickie of all time.