
Festival boss 'regrets' Minchin offence
Henley boss apologises for set
16/07/2012 … A festival organiser who booked Tim Minchin has failed to back the comedian when some ticket-holders complained about his ‘blasphemous’ act.
Henley boss apologises for set
16/07/2012 … A festival organiser who booked Tim Minchin has failed to back the comedian when some ticket-holders complained about his ‘blasphemous’ act.
Foreign language gig in London
16/07/2012 … Eddie Izzard is to perform a show in French in the UK.
Dylan Rhymer says the only thing less funny than a rape joke is someone with no sense of humour
16/07/2012 … I’ve never much enjoyed the work of Daniel Tosh, I find his patronising, smug tone a little too much for me.
16/07/2012 … There’s been talk this week of the ‘festival dad’ – the sort of middle-aged, middle-class parent that Radio One wants to lose in a bid to regain its youth…
Comics honoured for entertaining the troops
16/07/2012 … Comedians Phil Butler, John Fothergill and Andy Askins have received medals for entertaining the troops.
New TV series of old folk cracking gags
16/07/2012 … BBC Four is making a series in which the over-60s tell jokes straight to camera.
After spending a year in China
16/07/2012 … Des Bishop is to spend a year in China, where he aims to learn enough Mandarin to perform a stand-up gig to native speakers.
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