Album: Burnsy vs Brendon
27/05/2015 … Now re-released on vinyl more than a decade on, this is the Edinburgh show that got Brendon Burns properly noticed by the comedy world – and marked the start…
Wed 27 May 2015
Nina Conti pilots a chat show
...despite fearing it'll be 'shit'
27/05/2015 … Nina Conti is recording a chat show pilot with her puppets interviewing celebrities, despite worrying that it will be 'shit'.
Noel Fielding cancels New York shows
'Unforeseen scheduling conflicts' blamed
27/05/2015 … Noel Fielding has been forced to cancel his sold-out week of performances in New York with less than two weeks’ notice.
No improv on telly? You couldn't make it up!
Viv Groskop hopes for the genre's return
27/05/2015 … Whatever happened to Whose Line Is It Anyway? The most successful ad-libbed series ever, running on Channel 4 from 1988 to 1998, seems to have had an extraordinary…
Jason Manford hosts crowd-funding show
The Money Pit turns Dragons' Den on its head
27/05/2015 … Jason Manford is to front a Dragon’s Den-style TV show in which ordinary people invest in business ideas.
Australian comedy kingpin dies
John Pinder pioneered clubs and festivals
27/05/2015 … Leading Australian live comedy producer John Pinder has died at the age of 70, after contracting cancer.