Phil Ellis Is Trying
05/06/2018 … The general fashion is for comedies to be about some underlying theme, or offering some insightful personal perspective.
Tue 05 June 2018
Sunday Service With Ola
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Hospital Club, London
05/06/2018 … As befitting its title, Ola’s Sunday Service appropriates the trappings of a religious ceremony, not least the order of service handed out to the ‘congregation’…
© Stuart Hogben Who did Bill Bailey replace on Never Mind The Buzzcocks?
05/06/2018 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly trivia quiz - compiled, as always by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Victorious comedians
Portsmouth festival announces its line-up
05/06/2018 … Portsmouth's Victorious Festival has announced its comedy line-up.
© Vice Jamali Maddix’s Hate Thy Neighbour lands on All 4
New deal brings Vice TV shows to free video-on-demand service
05/06/2018 … Jamali Maddix's hit documentary series Hate Thy Neighbour has come to Channel 4's on-demand service All 4.
Hugh Dane, the security guard on The Office, dies at 75
05/06/2018 … Hugh Dane, who played security guard Hank on the US version of The Office has died at the age of 75.
Soap star Robert Mandan dies at 86
05/06/2018 … Robert Mandan, who starred as wealthy lothario Chester Tate in the 1970s US sitcom Soap has died at the age of 86.
Comedians star in Brexit play
Alongside Archers star Timothy Bentinck
05/06/2018 … Comedians Mike McShane, Jo Caulfield, Pippa Evans and Hal Cruttenden are to star in a new play about Brexit alongside Archers star Timothy Bentinck.