Steve Martin and Martin Short to release Netflix special
Sketches and chat coming this summer
28/02/2018 … Steve Martin has shot a live Netflix special with Martin Short.
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Wed 28 February 2018
Tue 27 February 2018
Chevy Chase 'made racist jibes' at Donald Glover
Trouble on the set of Community
27/02/2018 … Chevy Chase made racist jokes to Donald Glover during the filming of US comedy series Community, show creator Dan Harmon has revealed.
Cats Do Countdown makes an all-female show
27/02/2018 … 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown is to do an all-female show to mark 100 years since some women in the UK won the right to vote.
Comic apologises for 'appalling' trolling of critic
Journalist exploses Tim Ferguson's ‘vile and obscene campaign of bullying’
27/02/2018 … Australian comedian Tim Ferguson has apologised for sending crude messages to a critic who gave him a bad review more than 25 years ago.
Lee Mack: I threatened to axe Not Going Out over booze ads
Comic's stance after BBC show moved to Dave
27/02/2018 … Lee Mack threatened to pull the plug on Not Going Out – because he didn’t want the show being used to sell alcohol.
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Sir Ken is coming out of hospital after six weeks
27/02/2018 … Sir Ken Dodd is leaving hospital after his successful treatment for a severe chest infection.
Humphrey Ker set to star in US comedy series
Regular role in The Greatest American Hero
27/02/2018 … Comedian Humphrey Ker could be set for a major US breakthrough after landing a lead role in a pilot of a network comedy.
Mon 26 February 2018
The TV stand-up show written by its viewers
Rhod Gilbert and Stuart Goldsmith pilot crowdsourced format
26/02/2018 … TV executives are piloting a new stand-up show – with all the gags crowd-sourced.