Thu 18 February 2016
Comedy playwriting contest opens
£10k prize in Liverpool Hope competition
18/02/2016 … Comedy scripts are being sought for a £10,000 playwriting prize – although writers must pay a fee to enter.
Your gender or your wife!
Trans comic Jordan Raskopoulos falls foul of marriage laws
18/02/2016 … Comedian Jordan Raskopoulos has revealed she has to choose between her marriage and her gender.
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em... again
Frank Spencer revived after 38 years
18/02/2016 … Michael Crawford is to play Frank Spencer again – 38 years after the last Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em.
Wed 17 February 2016
Alan Partridge ratings have a-halved
Just 60,000 see Mid Morning Matters
17/02/2016 … He’s one of Britain’s best known comedy creations – but Alan Partridge attracted disappointing ratings to Sky Atlantic last night.
Boy Meets Girl up for LGBT award
As are David Morgan, Alan Carr & Sue Perkins
17/02/2016 … BBC Two sitcom Boy Meets Girl and its star Rebecca Root have been shortlisted in this year's British LGBT Awards.
© Steve Ullathorne Paul Merton's Just A Minute milestone
17/02/2016 … Paul Merton is to overtake Kenneth Williams to become the second most frequent player of Just A Minute.
I'd rather be in an audience for improv than stand-up
17/02/2016 … The UK improv scene has been rapidly expanding the last few years.