© Jiksaw Eshaan Akbar announces 2025 tour
New show for comic and Sex Education star
28/02/2024 … Eshaan Akbar has announced a new tour – a year in advance.
Wed 28 February 2024
© Jiksaw 
© Matt Crockett Cariad Lloyd joins R4's Round Britain Quiz
...where she will pit her wits against Paul Sinha
28/02/2024 … Cariad Lloyd is to become a contestant on Radio 4's Round Britain Quiz – taking on fellow comic, ITV Chaser and hardcore quizzer Paul Sinha.
Tue 27 February 2024
Bill Bailey: The day Sean Lock and I played to one punter
...and it was another comedian
27/02/2024 … Bill Bailey has been recalling the rite of passage that every comedian seems to have to go through at least once: playing to an audience of just one person at the…
Where was Rita, Sue And Bob Too set?
27/02/2024 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
'3ft 6in of hilarious, inspirational, menopausal Canadian'
Kate Copstick champions Tanyalee Davis as she starts her UK tour
27/02/2024 … Once upon a time alternative comedy was angry young(ish) men in clubs that smelt of beer and intellectualised disaffection.
Bumper pay rise for Stand comedy club staff
Lowest paid get 13.6 per cent under Unite deal
27/02/2024 … More than 100 staff at the Stand comedy clubs are to get a bumper pay rise.
Why should we bother making comedy more accessible?
James Gardner thinks the industry considers disabled people an inconvenience…
27/02/2024 … Ask any comedian their ideal room to perform in and invariably they’ll describe some sort of basement setting: underground with a low ceiling and an audience…
© BBC Jason Manford joins Waterloo Road
Playing new headeacher Steve Savage
27/02/2024 … Jason Manford is to join the cast of Waterloo Road, playing new headteacher Steve Savage.