Netflix is my passport
How Nazeem Hussain convinced US immigration he was a comic
14/06/2017 … Australian comic Nazeem Hussain has revealed the less-than unexpected news that his name and ethnicity can cause him difficulty at US immigration.
Wed 14 June 2017
Radio 4 show for Daliso Chaponda
...hot on the heels of his Britain's Got Talent success
14/06/2017 … Daliso Chaponda has landed his first Radio 4 show – ten days after appearing in the Britain’s Got Talent final.
Tue 13 June 2017
© UKTV Gold Taskmaster's new team announced
Series 5 coming later this year
13/06/2017 … Nish Kumar, Sally Phillips Bob Mortimer, Aisling Bea and Mark Watson are to be the contestants on the next series of Taskmaster.
Reginald D Hunter gets his big break
...now he's performing in a wheelchair
13/06/2017 … Reginald D Hunter is performing in a wheelchair this week – after breaking his leg.
Who created Garfield?
13/06/2017 … Here's this week's comedy trivia quiz - compiled, as always by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Heroes of Fringe: Launch Show
Gig review by Steve Bennett at Soho Theatre, London
13/06/2017 … It seemed like every comedian in London was at one of two gigs last night.
Comics lined up for Edinburgh book festival
On what it means to be a man, or a woman
13/06/2017 … Joe Lycett, Sara Pascoe, Limmy and Robert Webb are to appear this year’s Edinburgh Book Festival.