
Wed 01 October 2014

Tue 30 September 2014

Revealed: The habits of comedy-goers
What they like, what they spend, and where they go
30/09/2014 … The top five touring stand-ups sell more tickets than every other comedian put together.

Harry Hill to play Professor Branestawm
30/09/2014 … Harry Hill is to make his acting debut for BBC One in Professor Branestaw, a family film adapted from the classic series of children's books.


Another bit of my comedy soul dies...
Lori Gibbs scales the rock face of an unforgiving gig
30/09/2014 … It’s Volunteer Appreciation Night at the Oakridge Community Centre.

BBC pulls 'insulting' Horrible Histories sketch
Skit implied Florence Nightingale was racist
30/09/2014 … The BBC has dropped a Horrible Histories sketch amid complaints it falsely portrayed Florence Nightingale as racist.

Tips For Actors
Fergus Craig shares his wisdom
30/09/2014 … In what the publisher themselves describes as 'the most important theatrical book of this or any other decade' Fergus Craig – the comedian behind the Twitter…

Drunk History comes to the UK
Jimmy Carr to narrate British remake
30/09/2014 … American TV series Drunk History – in which inebriated comics recount stories from the past – is to be remade for the UK, with Jimmy Carr as the narrator.