Britain's Got Talent is about 10 years late asking Shappi Khorsandi to compete
14/11/2018 … By most measures, Shappi Khorsandi has achieved a lot in her comedy career – a decade of touring shows, making several Live At The Apollo appearances, writing…
14/11/2018 … Hard-working Jimmy Carr has added an extra 20 nights to his 2019-20 tour, Terribly Funny, bringing the total number of gigs up to a mammoth 169.
Viewers think Hasan Minhaj owes a debt to Russell Howard
14/11/2018 … Fans of topical comedy say they are having a sense of deja vu with Netflix's new series Patriot Games with Hasan Minhaj.
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Soho Theatre, London
14/11/2018 … First impressions of musical comedy sisters Flo and Joan – which may well have been reinforced by those Nationwide building society ads – are of a couple…
So says its political presenter Andrew Neill
14/11/2018 … BBC political presenter Andrew Neil has complained that the corporation's comedy output is too left-wing.
© Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0 Gym-based sitcom from two creators of People Just Do Nothing
14/11/2018 … Mamma Mia! star Dominic Cooper is to play a fitness instructor in a new gym-based comedy from two of the creators of People Just Do Nothing.
Best Dad Ever takes to the road as his TV profile rises
14/11/2018 … Ken Cheng, who won Dave’s Joke Of The Fringe last year, is to embark on his first British tour.
Jon Petrie becomes a commissioning editor
14/11/2018 … People Just Do Nothing producer Jon Petrie is to become a Channel 4 commissioning editor.
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