Russell Brand to give the 'Alternative MacTaggart' speech
27/06/2017 … Russell Brand is to address TV executives at the prestigious Alternative MacTaggart lecture.
Tue 27 June 2017
Honorary degrees for Phill Jupitus and Mark Steel
Kent University doles out the diplomas
27/06/2017 … Phill Jupitus and Mark Steel are to receive honorary degrees from the University of Kent next month.
Peter Kay announces new charity shows
27/06/2017 … Peter Kay is to return to Manchester’s O2 Apollo for the first time in more than 13 years, for another two of his charity Q&A sessions.
What did Tiswas stand for?
27/06/2017 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly trivia quiz - compiled, as always by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Reviewing the reviewer
Andy Shaw isn't happy about a write-up his political show received
27/06/2017 … On the eve of the general election I arranged a benefit gig for Invoke Democracy Now at the Backyard, and deliberately invited four comedians from across the political…
Fiona O'Loughlin: I was in a coma for a month
Comic reveals her brush with death
27/06/2017 … Australian comedian Fiona O’Loughlin has revealed that she was in a coma for four weeks.
Britcoms struggle in TV Choice Awards
...And Mrs Brown up for best entertainment
27/06/2017 … It’s a ceremony that celebrates the best in British broadcasting – but half of the nominees for best comedy in the TV Choice awards are US imports.