Paul Chowdhry to tape a new stand-up special
At the Hackney Empire next month
07/05/2019 … Paul Chowdhry is to record a new stand-up special The Taskmaster and Live at the Apollo comedian will tape his set over two shows at the Hackney Empire on…
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Tue 07 May 2019
© Netflix Ricky Gervais pens a first draft of After Life series 2
07/05/2019 … Ricky Gervais has finished the first draft for a second series of After Life.
Mon 06 May 2019
Susan Calman to uncover more Secret Scotland
Second series for C5 travelogue
06/05/2019 … Susan Calman is to make a second series of her Channel 5 travelogue.
Daniel Kitson, breakfast DJ
Comedian returns to Resonance FM
06/05/2019 … Daniel Kitson has returned to radio presenting.
Sun 05 May 2019
'Tired, boring, repetitive, unfunny PC rubbish'
How newspapers used 'political correctness' to rubbish alternative comedy
05/05/2019 … Much of the newspaper coverage of alternative comedy in the 1980s and 1990s saw it as an ‘unwelcome revolution’ tied in with humourless political correctness,…
Tony Hawks writes a book about skateboarding
That's Tony Hawks the comedian, not Tony Hawk the skateboarder
05/05/2019 … Comedian Tony Hawks has a new book cashing in on the fact he’s always being confused for American skateboarder Tony Hawk.
Time for a new Guv'ernment
The best of the week's live comedy
05/05/2019 … The week's best live comedy.
Taskmaster returns for series 8
The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio
05/05/2019 … The comedy week ahead on TV and radio Sunday May 5 RUBY WAX: FRAZZLED: In this week’s half-hour Radio 4 comedy, Ruby Wax returns to talk about mental…