UK gets its first children's comedy festival
Shows, workshops and courses in Leicester event
01/11/2018 … Britain's first comedy festival aimed at children has been launched today.
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Wed 31 October 2018
Charges dropped against Scott Gibson
Stand-up had been accused of sending inappropriate sexual messages to female comics
31/10/2018 … Criminal charges against stand-up Scott Gibson – which alleged he sent inappropriate sexual messages to female comedians he worked with on the circuit – have…
Feel the benefits
Two starry West End fundraisers announced
31/10/2018 … Two massive West End comedy benefit gigs have been announced this morning.
Laughing Horse finalists named
Competition revived after two-year break
31/10/2018 … Finalists have been announced for this year’s Laughing Horse New Act of the Year.
Awards nod for Steve Coogan's Stan Laurel
...and for Maxine Peake as Funny Cow
31/10/2018 … Steve Coogan has been nominated for best actor at the British Independent Film Awards for his portrayal of Stan Laurel.
Tue 30 October 2018
Comedy archives and podcasts come to BBC Sounds
New audio service expands on iPlayer radio
30/10/2018 … BBC radio has added more than 100 hours of vintage comedy and drama to its newly launched Sounds platform.
BoJack Horseman will ride again
30/10/2018 … Netflix has renewed BoJack Horseman for a sixth series.
Taskmasker grows its audience
More than 1.4million watch each episode
30/10/2018 … Taskmaster is claiming record audiences for its seventh series.