Netflix buys Ricky Gervais's next stand-up special
Even though he hasn't performed it yet
01/01/2018 … Netflix has brought Ricky Gervais’s next stand-up special after Humanity.
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Mon 01 January 2018
Netflix has Friends over
All ten series of the sitcom are now streaming
01/01/2018 … All ten series of Friends have landed on Netflix in the UK and Ireland.
Sun 31 December 2017
© BBC/Sophie Mutevelian Time to go Inside No 9 again
The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio
31/12/2017 … The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio.
Sat 30 December 2017
Cally’s Beaton the others
Winner of this year’s Piccadilly new act title
30/12/2017 … Cally Beaton won the Piccadilly Comedy new act of the year contest last night.
It's Showtime for Andrew Maxwell
30/12/2017 … The week's best comedy on demand.
Fri 29 December 2017
Hugh Laurie is made a CBE
...as is Fresh Fields star Julia McKenzie
29/12/2017 … Hugh Laurie has been made a CBE in the New Year Honours.
Thu 28 December 2017
Stand-up sued over women-only comedy night
Iliza Shlesinger's 'no men allowed' gig accused of discrimination
28/12/2017 … American comic Iliza Shlesinger is being sued for discrimination after a man was turned away from an all-female stand-up night.
Johnny Vegas makes surprise panto appearance
Snow White's magic mirror comes to life
28/12/2017 … Johnny Vegas made a surprise appearance in panto at his hometown of St Helens last night.