In an extract from his new book, Simon Day recalls his first stand-up gig
27/06/2011 … Malcolm Hardee was what people call a character, but that’s like saying Mohammed Ali was a boxer.
27/06/2011 … Cornish comedian Jethro isn’t exactly the height of cool, largely dismissed these days as a passé old-school throwback with little more than a bumpkin’s accent…
Sid Bowfin hits back at Jim Tavare claims
26/06/2011 … The comedian accused of stealing Jim Tavare’s stage persona says he might sue over the claims.
25/06/2011 … In the Happy Families of life, what else could Mr Smiles be, other than a comedy writer? Briefly in a double-act called Smiles and Kemp, Roy has forged a much more…
25/06/2011 … GUY EARLE, the Canadian comedian ordered to pay a £9,500 fine by a human rights tribunal after he got into a confrontation with a lesbian heckler at a Vancouver…
Comic, 85, cancels Australian run
24/06/2011 … Jerry Lewis has cancelled the Sydney leg of his Australian tour after falling ill moments before he was due on stage on Friday night.
Alan Carr signs lucrative two-year deal with C4
24/06/2011 … Alan Carr has extended his deal with Channel 4 for another two years.
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