Critics rave about Stan & Ollie
Praise for stars Steve Coohan and John C Reilly
22/10/2018 … Steve Coogan has been praised for his starring role in the new Laurel and Hardy biopic, Stan & Ollie.
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All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 22 October 2018
Paddy McGuinness to host Top Gear
..alongside ex-crickete Andrew Flintoff
22/10/2018 … Paddy McGuinness is to co-host the new series of Top Gear with former cricketer Andrew Flintoff.
Sun 21 October 2018
© BBC Seann Walsh survives Strictly dance-off
Comedian makes it through another week
21/10/2018 … Seann Walsh has lived to quickstep another day after surviving Strictly’s dreaded dance-off.
© Facebook Comic Jim Miller – aka James Macabre – dies at 58
21/10/2018 … Tributes have been paid to former circuit comedian Jim Miller, who has died unexpectedly at the age of 58.
© BBC/Endemol Shine The news gets another Mashing
The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio
21/10/2018 … The week's best comedy on TV and radio… Wednesday October 24JOY: A new Radio 4 sitcom starring Jocelyn Jee Esien as a youth group leader.
Vible studies
Elis James, John Robins and the rest of the week's live comedy
21/10/2018 … The best of the week's live comedy.
'Would a man be asked this?'
Julia Davis says there's sexism in the way her comedy is received
21/10/2018 … Julia Davis says there’s sexism at work in the way her comedy is received.
Sat 20 October 2018
© BBC Seann Walsh quicksteps into Strictly's danger zone
Judges mark down comic's 'messy' dance
20/10/2018 … He may have survived tabloid scandal, but Seann Walsh's future on Strictly Come Dancing now looks tenuous - because of his dancing.