© Carys Lavin Funny Women drops 'pay-to-play'
Competition's 2015 final approaches
10/09/2015 … The Funny Women award has quietly dropped its controversial charge for comedians to enter.
Thu 10 September 2015
© Carys Lavin 
Brits make America's Got Talent final
Success for Paul Zerdin and Piff The Magic Dragon
10/09/2015 … Paul Zerdin and Piff The Magic Dragon have both made it through to the final of America's Got Talent.
© ITV David Walliams to record BBC sketch show
10/09/2015 … David Walliams is recording a new sketch show for BBC One.
Wed 09 September 2015
Tim Vine pilots radio chat show
09/09/2015 … TIM VINE is piloting a chat show for Radio 4, in which he'll interview members of the audience rather than celebrities.
He's not dead, he's restin'
Terry Gilliam laughs off death reports
09/09/2015 … Terry Gilliam has laughed off reports of his death.
Does comedy really need a union?
09/09/2015 … I'm not a fan of guilds or unions.