© Rose d'Or ...but then they did snub his special
27/03/2019 … John Cleese has complained that Netflix rejected his live comedy special – while commissioning stand-up from a woman who ‘did a routine based on…
...and now it's up for a Bafta
27/03/2019 … The finale of Peter Kay’s Car Share has been nominated as one of the ‘must-see’ TV moments of last year – by Bafta.
27/03/2019 … Tiffany Haddish is curating a series of half-hour stand-up specials for Netflix showcasing black female comedians.
27/03/2019 … Danny DeVito has revealed how he landed his breakthrough role in Taxi with an unconventional audition.
27/03/2019 … Comic Ian Smith has launched an angry rant against the theatre, dubbing it ‘the pretentious man’s television’.
© Hulu They wouldn't pay for her hair and make-up at the Emmys
27/03/2019 … Thanks to the largesse of Netflix, US streaming services are usually thought to be awash with cash.
26/03/2019 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly trivia quiz, now in multiple choice format and- compiled, as always by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© BBC/Objective Fiction 26/03/2019 … It’s a big ask to magnify the absurdity that already exists in the whole Brexit debacle, but if anyone can, Matt Berry and his Toast Of London collaborator…
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