Mon 07 November 2011
Radio 4 pilots 'foreign News Quiz'
07/11/2011 … Radio 4 is working on a new topical comedy show, to be fronted by Andrew Maxwell.
Jimmy Carr leads Lafta nominations
07/11/2011 … Jimmy Carr leads the nominations for next year’s Loaded Lafta awards, announced today.
When is a joke racist?
John Fleming shares his thoughts
07/11/2011 … I normally try not to quote from people’s stage acts but, occasionally, American comedian Lewis Schaffer mentions on stage that an Edinburgh Fringe reviewer once…
Richard Herring's Christ On A Bike
07/11/2011 … When this show was performed in Glasgow on tour, hardline Christian protesters stood outside the venue with placards saying: ‘Richard Herring: The Blasphemous…
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07/11/2011 … ED BYRNE has become the first-ever celebrity columnist employed by city free paper Metro, with his first piece appearing today.
Apollo descends
Audience dip for stand-up show
07/11/2011 … Live At The Apollo took a dip in the ratings when it returned on Friday.
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07/11/2011 … LEE EVANS has been knocked off the top of the Sunday Times bestseller list after five weeks by the Steve Jobs biography – but has still sold 72,000 copies to…