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© Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0 Critics slam Rick and Morty creator's rape joke
24/07/2018 … Rick and Morty co-creator Dan Harmon has quit Twitter after a bad-taste sketch he made in 2009 resurfaced, prompting an orchestrated internet storm.
How the genre influenced and reflected the era
24/07/2018 … ITV3 has commissioned a new series looking at four specific years in comedy history.
Comic teams up with Mary Robinson for climate change podcast
24/07/2018 … Maeve Higgins has launched a new podcast – with the former president of Ireland.
© UKTV 24/07/2018 … All single mothers should do stand-up, Katherine Ryan says.
Rush Hour star returns after six years
24/07/2018 … Rush Hour star Chris Tucker has announced four UK stand-up dates for the autumn.
Johnny Vegas and Sian Gibson to star in Death On The Tyne
24/07/2018 … Johnny Vegas and Sian Gibson are to star in a follow-up to Murder On The Blackpool Express.
Crowd equity campaign for stand-up video service
23/07/2018 … Stand-up on demand service NextUp is offering fans the chance to own a stake in the business.
Based on the memoirs of the U2 star's schoolmate
23/07/2018 … Porridge and The Likely Lads writers Ian La Frenais and Dick Clement have penned a new comedy play, based on the memoirs of Bono’s schoolmate.
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