Nick Helm: One Man Mega Myth
08/08/2013 … The three greatest men ever to have walked this planet are, in order: 3) Jesus Christ; 2) Evel Knievel; 1) Nick Helm.
Thu 08 August 2013
Baconface:It's All Bacon
08/08/2013 … Stewart Lee has become the arbiter of all that is pure in comedy.
Joey Page: Reality is Outside, Paradise is In Your Brain
08/08/2013 … Noel Fielding recently described Joey Page as a man with a ‘head like a fantasy hand grenade’, a description that’s as bonkers as it is accurate.
Look Who's in Edinburgh
Doctor Who showrunner in improv show
08/08/2013 … Doctor Who supremo Steven Moffat is to make an appearance in an improvised comedy show at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Still rocking a showgirl leotard at 67!
Vikki Stone chooses her comedy favourites
08/08/2013 … Barbara Streisand in Funny Girl Before Streisand got all serious, she made a movie musical called Funny Girl.
Win a mediocre prize, with Rob Brydon
New BBC One Saturday night pilot
08/08/2013 … Rob Brydon is piloting a new BBC One Saturday night game show – in which all the prizes are ‘mediocre’.
Wed 07 August 2013
Comic sent down mine over a ill-judged joke
Satirist upsets North Korean officials
07/08/2013 … A North Korean comedian was sent away to undertake hard labour in a coal mine midway through her performance, after she said something to offend the draconian regime.