Wed 18 December 2013
Weirdos present: The Colonel
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Bethnal Green Working Men's Club
18/12/2013 … It is becoming the closest thing we have to a modern-day Comic Strip, that loose ensemble of pioneering 1980s comedians who spawned the enduring TV franchise.
Scam targets Russell Howard fans
Strange case of the Scientologists and the comic
18/12/2013 … Russell Howard has been forced to deny that he's performing a fundraising gig for Scientologists, amid fears his fans are being targeted in a scam.
The first Bitcoin comedian?
18/12/2013 … AN AUSTRALIAN comedian has released the first stand-up album that can be bought through Bitcoin.
A funny sort of Christmas
Read Seymour Mace's poem as comics write charity book
18/12/2013 … Fifteen comics have written twisted Christmas themed short stories for a new charity book.
Promotion for BBC comedy chief
Mark Freeland now 'controller of fiction and entertainment'
18/12/2013 … The BBC’s head of in-house comedy has been promoted to oversee drama and entertainment, too.