© Sam Saunders/CC BY-SA 2.0 Venue to ditch slave trader's name
All change at Bristol's Colston Hall
26/04/2017 … A major venue for comedy tours is to change its name to sever associations with the slave trade.
Wed 26 April 2017
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Who's on at the Ealing Comedy Festival?
26/04/2017 … The Ealing Comedy Festival has announced its 2017 line-up, with Dara O Brian and Julian Clary among the headliners.
How Nick Frost broke his thumb wresting with Simon Pegg
26/04/2017 … Nick Frost has revealed that he once broke his thumb grappling with Simon Pegg when the pair were flatmates.
BBC apologises for Tommy Tiernan gag
26/04/2017 … The BBC has apologised for a joke Tommy Tiernan made about Democratic Unionist Party leader Arlene Foster.
© Sky Sports A couple of comedy heavyweights
Rom and Rob meet champ Anthony Joshua
26/04/2017 … A literal punching up now.
Mindhorn: The first preview clip
With Julian Barratt and Kenneth Branagh
26/04/2017 … Here's the first preview clip of Mindhorn, starring Julian Barratt as a washed-up actor who was once famous for an Eighties detective show.
© BBC/Goodnight Vienna Productions Forever doesn't last long
Radio station inspired by Peter Kay's Car Share forced off air
26/04/2017 … Forever FM has been forced off air just days after it launched.
© Hillbilly Television/Keshet UK/CH4 'Better than being a millionaire'
Meet the cast of Channel 4's Loaded
26/04/2017 … Starting on May 8, Channel 4’s new comedy Loaded is an eight-part series about four friends who invent a game for smartphones and sell it for $300 million.