Miranda Hart to host the Royal Variety Show
...but she's NOT the first woman to do so
01/11/2017 … Miranda Hart is to host this year’s Royal Variety Performance.
Wed 01 November 2017
More for Leicester
Comedy fest grows again in its 25h year
01/11/2017 … Leicester Comedy Festival has launched its 2018 programme, featuring 836 events and 613 performers across 69 venues – making it 8.
Tue 31 October 2017
Vodafone Comedy Carnival - Comedy Showcase
Gig review by Steve Bennett in Galway
31/10/2017 … There are plenty of big names at Galway's Comedy Carnival - but room too for Ireland's up-and-comers.
Adventures in dementia
Comedian Steve Day on his best ever gig
31/10/2017 … The best gig I have ever been involved in took place in a care home for old people, most of whom had dementia.
Vodafone Comedy Carnival Day 3
Review by Steve Bennett in Galway
31/10/2017 … Hosting another impressive showcase in Galway’s Comedy Carnival Spielgeltent, Barry Murphy ditched his usual German alter ego of Gunther Grun, figuring that…
What was the name of this zombie in Shaun Of The Dead?
Dare you brave the horrors of our weekly trivia quiz
31/10/2017 … Test your comedy knowledge with a special Halloween themed edition of our weekly trivia quiz - compiled, as always by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Tom Rhodes accuses fellow comic Louie Anderson of sexual assault
Stand-up says he was groped at 19
31/10/2017 … American comedian Tom Rhodes has accused fellow stand-up Louie Anderson of sexual assault.
Rob Rouse joins Radio Sheffield
31/10/2017 … Rob Rouse is joining BBC Radio Sheffield.