© BBC BBC Two picks up the bill for another series of I'll Get This
04/07/2019 … BBC Two has ordered a second series of its celebrity game show I’ll Get This.
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Thu 04 July 2019
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Brendon Burns: I'm quitting stand-up
'It's time I did something else' says former Edinburgh Comedy Award winner
04/07/2019 … Former Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Brendon Burns has announced that he’s quitting stand-up.
Just For Laughs adds more comics
New names for Montreal festival
04/07/2019 … Anthony Jeselnik and Michael Che have been added to Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival as gala show hosts.
Where the *&!@ was the swearing!
Viewers upset over censorship of Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier
04/07/2019 … Time was when viewers complained about swearing on TV - now they are upset when it gets bleeped out.
Mad magazine to fold
Goodbye to an American satirical institution
04/07/2019 … Mad magazine is to publish its last proper edition after 67 years.
© BBC/Two Brothers Fleabag bags another accolade
Triumph at the Broadcast Digital Awards
04/07/2019 … Phoebe Waller-Bridge has another trophy for her mantlepiece after Fleabag was named best comedy programme at the Broadcast Digital Awards last night.
Wed 03 July 2019
Jerry Seinfeld apologises to Red Dwarf star
Robert Llewelyn had a 'comedians in cars' show long before him...
03/07/2019 … Jerry Seinfeld has issued an apology to Red Dwarf star Robert Llewelyn over Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee.
Christopher Booker, Private Eye’s first editor, dies at 81
He also worked on That Was The Week That Was,
03/07/2019 … Private Eye’s first editor, Christopher Booker, has died at the age of 81.