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© Matt Holyoak Jimmy Carr on offence in comedy
07/12/2021 … Jimmy Carr says it’s hard to be politically correct if you’re trying to entertain large audiences Defending his near-the-knuckle jokes, the comic…
© Liz West/CC BY-SA 2.0 Gold competition winners announced
07/12/2021 … A joke about the rising cost of fuel has won the annual competition for the best topical Christmas cracker gags…
© BBC Romesh Ranganathan on taking over the reins from Anne Robinson
04/12/2021 … The Weakest Link returns to TV this month after a nine-year absence, with Romesh Ranganathan taking over from Anne Robinson.
© James Gilham 30/11/2021 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© Drama Republic Charly Clive and Ellen Robertson on their new BBC comedy Britney
29/11/2021 … Britney, a one-off comedy pilot about a young friendship turned upside-down by a brain tumour comes to the BBC Three tomorrow.
Cream of the comedy and theatre worlds bid a fond farewell to producer David Johnson
26/11/2021 … He was ‘recklessly generous’ and ‘generously reckless’ – a mischievous, maverick comedy and theatre impresario and tireless bon viveur…
23/11/2021 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© C4 David O’Doherty interview as his new Channel 4 series starts
22/11/2021 … David O’Doherty’s new series Along For The Ride, in which he takes fellow celebrities on cycling tours of the UK, begins on Channel 4 tonight.
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