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Pun champion accused of plagiarism
13/02/2025 … The winner of the year’s UK Pun Championships has been accused of using second-hand jokes to take the title.
2025 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 13 February 2025
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© Objective Fiction Cast announced for Ola Labib's The Pharmacy
Comedy Blap dropping next month
13/02/2025 … Nabil Abdulrashid and Finlay Christie have joined the cast of fellow stand-up Ola Labib’s Channel 4 Comedy Blap, The Pharmacy.
Wed 12 February 2025
60,000 complain over Josh Howie's 'homophobic slur'
But comic insists GB News comment was a joke about paedophilia in churches
12/02/2025 … Comedian Josh Howie has attracted tens of thousands of complaints after making a joke on GB News that appeared to suggest the LGBT community included paedophiles.
© BBC Steve Coogan to star in The Good Life
An eco-drama, not a remake of the 1970s sitcom...
12/02/2025 … Steve Coogan is working on a film about greenwashing.
© Netflix Dave Chappelle honoured for being a 'voice of social consciousness'
Comic to receive award from NAACP civil rights group
12/02/2025 … It might come as news to the trans people upset by Dave Chappelle’s material about them – but the comedian is set to win a major award for being…
Sydney May takes Komedia's new act crown
Wes Defoe and Aiden Lonergan are runners-up
12/02/2025 … Sydney May was crowned winner of Komedia’s New Comedy Award in Brighton last night.
Tue 11 February 2025
Tarot named as comedy's 'Next Big Thing'
Sketch troupe scoop inaugural award
11/02/2025 … Comedy sketch group Tarot have been announced as winners of the 2025 Next Big Thing award.
New tours for Jen Brister, Josh Jones and Two Pints duo
11/02/2025 … Josh Jones, Jen Brister and Two Pints Of Lager duo Will Mellor and Ralf Little have all announced tours today,.