Humphrey Ker set to star in US comedy series
Regular role in The Greatest American Hero
27/02/2018 … Comedian Humphrey Ker could be set for a major US breakthrough after landing a lead role in a pilot of a network comedy.
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The TV stand-up show written by its viewers
Rhod Gilbert and Stuart Goldsmith pilot crowdsourced format
26/02/2018 … TV executives are piloting a new stand-up show – with all the gags crowd-sourced.
East European Comedy Festival: English Speaking Comedy Borsch
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Top Secret Comedy Club, London
26/02/2018 … As temperatures turn decidedly Baltic, what better time for a festival of East European comedy? For expats in multicultural London, it’s a chance to sample…
Episodes finally returns to BBC Two
Only two-and-a-half years after the last season
26/02/2018 … The BBC is to air the final series of Episodes next month – two and half years after the last series.
The 'good' delusion
Luke Mcgibbon on the terrible open-mic comedians convinced of their competence...
26/02/2018 … A friend of mine once said: ‘You know who is a true friend in comedy? Someone who, after a gig in which you did badly, doesn’t say anything, can’t…
© BBC Hold The Sunset sheds viewers
...but John Cleese comedy is still pulling in 5 million
26/02/2018 … John Cleese comedy Hold The Sunset shed a fifth of its audience in its first week.
Jim Davidson blasts Mel and Sue over The Generation Game
...even though he says he's never heard of them
26/02/2018 … Jim Davidson claims he’s ‘never heard of’ Mel and Sue – yet is convinced they will be a disaster hosting The Generation Game.
First images from In The Long Run
26/02/2018 … Here is the first look at the new comedy created by Idris Elba and starring Bill Bailey, In The Long Run.