Stewart Lee is 'very clever'
Clips from his Basic Lee special, coming soon to Sky
05/07/2024 … Here's Stewart Lee mocking the sort of people who like – or say they like - his work, while deploying his trademark repetition.
Fri 05 July 2024
© Instagram/tony_knight_comedy Comedian Tony Knight dies at music festival
'Freak accident' as branch falls from tree
05/07/2024 … Tony Knight – an English comedian who made Australia his home – has been killed by a falling tree branch while at a festival in France.
© David Woolfall/CC BY-SA 3.0 Comedy club owner Tommy Sheppard loses his seat
The Stand's director is no longer an SNP MP
05/07/2024 … The founder of The Stand comedy clubs has lost his seat in Westminster.
© BBC Steve Pemberton and Ben Willbond join The Cleaner
Guest stars announced for series 3 of Greg Davies' comedy
05/07/2024 … Inside No 9’s Steve Pemberton and Ghosts star Ben Willbond are among the guest stars in series 3 of Greg Davies comedy The Cleaner.
Thu 04 July 2024
What's Keir Starmer's favourite TV programme?
Try a bonus election edition of our weekly trivia quiz
04/07/2024 … Test your comedy knowledge with a bonus Election Day version of our regular trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian…
We need to lobby hard for the comedy scene we love
By David Elphick of the Live Comedy Association
04/07/2024 … I first entered the world of live comedy in 2001 as General Manager at the Jongleurs comedy club in Nottingham and have been involved in the industry ever since.
Ellen DeGeneres pulls US tour dates
No reason given for sudden cancellation
04/07/2024 … Ellen DeGeneres has abruptly cancelled four of her US stand-up shows.
© BBC Things You Should Have Done named best comedy
Praise for Lucia Keskin's BBC Three sitcom
04/07/2024 … Lucia Keskin's BBC Three sitcom Things You Should Have Done has been named best comedy at the Broadcast Digital Awards, with Rosie Jones fronted panel…