Mon 12 September 2016
Judi Dench boosts Victoria Wood statue appeal
12/09/2016 … Dame Judi Dench has donated £1,000 towards the campaign to erect a statue of Victoria Wood in Bury.
Sun 11 September 2016
Comedy Feeds: Pumped
iPlayer review by Steve Bennett
11/09/2016 … Another BBC Comedy Feed, more wank jokes… although Pumped makes a virtue of its puerility, thoroughly embracing its frat-boy humour like a live-action South Park,…
Unseen Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse scripts saved
Including the sitcom Bollock Street
11/09/2016 … Charlie Higson’s archive of comedy writing is to be preserved, including scripts that never saw the light of day.
How straight white male line-ups are comedy death
Brendon Burns says clubs need to diversify
11/09/2016 … Yesterday, Chortle reported how Bethany Black was turned down for a gig because the promoter felt there were too many women on the bill.
© Comedy Central Jimmy Carr jokes about Sept 11 victim
Brutal 'roast' gag airs on anniversary of tragedy
11/09/2016 … Comedy Central has aired a brutal Jimmy Carr joke about one of the victims of 9/11 on the 15th anniversary of the tragedy.