She did not spend time at the Nipple Convalescent Home
17/02/2017 … • Bill Oddie almost killed himself on the set of The Real Hotel of Marigold - after accidentally drinking turps.
Fri 17 February 2017
C4 appoints new comedy commissioner
Jack Bayles produced Catastrophe
17/02/2017 … Channel 4 has announced that Catastrophe producer Jack Bayles will be its new commissioning editor for comedy.
Brian Pern to be killed off
Bowing out with one final tribute show
17/02/2017 … Simon Day is killing off his legendary prog rocker Brian Pern.
Ricky Gervais announces new stand-up dates
17/02/2017 … Ricky Gervais has announced a new batch of dates for Humanity, his first stand-up tour in seven years.
Thu 16 February 2017
Stewart Lee and Fleabag lead Chortle Awards
16/02/2017 … Stewart Lee and Fleabag lead this year's Chortle Award shortlists, with three nominations apiece.
New comics join Red Nose Day
Online videos from rising stars
16/02/2017 … Some of Britain’s emerging comedy stars are releasing a series of online videos for Comic Relief.