Iain Stirling announces his biggest tour yet
21/06/2019 … Tickets have gone on sale this morning for Iain Stirling’s biggest stand-up tour yet.
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Fri 21 June 2019
© UKTV Dave confirms Hypothetical comeback
Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster to make eight new episodes
21/06/2019 … The Dave channel has formally announced that Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster are to return for a second series of Hypothetical.
© Comedy Central Jimmy Carr under fire over dwarfism joke
21/06/2019 … Jimmy Carr has come under fire for making a bad-taste joke about dwarves in his latest stand-up show.
America's Got Talent comedian accused of an 'obvious Andy Kaufman rip-off'
But the judges love him anyway...
21/06/2019 … A comedian on America’s Got Talent has been rapped for ripping off Andy Kaufman.
© BBC Gold confirm new Morecambe and Wise clip show
21/06/2019 … The Gold TV channel has confirmed that Sir Lenny Henry is to host a new show repackaging old Morecambe and Wise clips, as Chortle reported last month.
© BBC/Talkback/Brian Ritchie Stephen Fry adapts Ealing comedy for the West End
Kind Hearts and Coronets set to open next year
21/06/2019 … Stephen Fry has adapted the classic Ealing comedy Kind Hearts And Coronets for the West End stage.
Thu 20 June 2019
James Acaster up for an Australian comedy award
Only the second Brit ever to be nominated for the Helpmann
20/06/2019 … James Acaster has been nominated for one of the top awards for live entertainment in Australia.
© BBC/Two Brothers Fleabag up for three Television Critics Awards
More acclaim for Phoebe Waller-Bridge
20/06/2019 … Fleabag is up for three gongs in the prestigious Television Critics Awards in America, including programme of the year.