Sally Phillips to host My Favourite Sketch for Gold
Guests to plunder the archives for their top skits
23/05/2018 … Sally Phillps is to host a new archive series for Gold in which comedians pick their favourite sketches of all time.
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Wed 23 May 2018
© BBC Revealed: Just how male-dominated TV comedy writing is
Barely one in ten shows penned by women
23/05/2018 … Just 11 per cent of TV comedy shows are written by women.
Tue 22 May 2018
Israel complains of 'anti-semitic' parody song
Dutch spoof highlighted Gaza killings
22/05/2018 … Israeli has complained that a parody of its Eurovision winning-song which highlighted the killing of Palestinians in Gaza was anti-semitic.
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Rare Spike Milligan artwork up for auction
22/05/2018 … Two nudes painted by Spike Milligan are coming up for auction later this summer.
Meet the final finalists in the 2018 Student Comedy Award
Title to be decided at the Edinburgh Fringe
22/05/2018 … The final finalists in this year's Chortle Student Comedy Award have been announced.
Cancelled: Ed Weeks' US comedy
22/05/2018 … Ed Weeks’s US sitcom LA To Vegas has been cancelled after one season.
Mon 21 May 2018
Comics raise £13k for Louise Reay
Stand-up facing legal action from estranged husband for joking about him
21/05/2018 … Comedians have raised more than £13,000 to help fellow stand-up Louise Reay fight a legal case launched by her estranged husband for talking about him…
All Killa No Filla podcast to tour the US
Five dates for Kiri Pritchard-Mclean and Rachel Fairburn
21/05/2018 … Kiri Pritchard-Mclean and Rachel Fairburn are taking their serial killer podcast All Killa No Filla on a US tour.