Eat Your Heart Out With Nick Helm
24/08/2017 … Dave’s commissioning policy has pretty much always been to find good comedians and allow them to indulge their passion, whether it’s video games, dicking…
Thu 24 August 2017
'He sounds like a hipster shaman'
Chris Martin's Perfect Playlist
24/08/2017 … Chris Martin selects his comedy favourites.
Alan Partridge to straddle the BBC
New shows for BBC One and BBC Two
24/08/2017 … Alan Partridge will be back on both BBC One and BBC Two, the Corporation has confirmed.
Pushing all the right buttons
New BBC One gameshow from Alex Horne
24/08/2017 … Comedian Alex Horne has created a new entertainment format for BBC One.
Jessica Fostekew: The Silence of the Nans
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Jay Richardson
24/08/2017 … Anyone who reckons the Edinburgh Fringe is a self-contained bubble of narrow opinion ought to try a cruise ship.
Arna Spek: Museum Piece
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Steve Bennett
24/08/2017 … This is not a show.
What a good Knight
Comic Mandy wins a 'spirit of the Fringe' award
24/08/2017 … Comedian Mandy Knight has won a ‘spirit of the Fringe’ award – despite not being officially part of the festival programme.
Chewing Gum scoops Broadcast award
...days after its end was announced
24/08/2017 … E4 comedy Chewing Gum has scooped a major broadcasting award, just days after it was revealed that creator Michaela Coel had pulled the plug on the show.