Oxfam gig axed amid abuse scandal
Gig aimed to 'highlight charity's work with women'
14/02/2018 … Oxfam has pulled its annual all-female comedy night as it battles to salvage its reputation following the Haiti sex scandal.
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Wed 14 February 2018
Watch the finalists in the Funny Women Comedy Shorts award
14/02/2018 … Ten films have made the final of the Funny Women Comedy Shorts award.
Tue 13 February 2018
Chris Rock's first Netflix special to drop tomorrow
Tambourine is comic's first show in a decade
13/02/2018 … Chris Rock’s first Netflix special is to drop tomorrow.
Mon 12 February 2018
Egypt bans Saturday Night Live
Over ‘sexual suggestions and phrases’
12/02/2018 … Egyptian authorities have censored the Arabic version of Saturday Night Live because of ‘sexual suggestions and phrases’.
Stewart Lee: Netflix told me I was 'too parochial' for a special
Comic also speaks of Jerry Springer and more in new podcast
12/02/2018 … Stewart Lee has revealed that he was rejected for a Netflix special for being 'too parochial'.
Harry Hill and Bridget Christie to play Latitude
Both making their debuts at the festival
12/02/2018 … Harry Hill is to headline this year’s Latitude, the first time he’s played the festival.
Comedy Central US renews Tosh.0 to 2020
'Knowing when to stop is highly overrated'
12/02/2018 … America’s Comedy Central in the US has ordered three more seasons of Daniel Tosh’s show Tosh.
© BBC WorldWide/Andy Seymour Filming starts on Alan Partridge's comeback
To be entitled This Time With Alan Partridge
12/02/2018 … Filming has begun today Alan Partridge’s return to the BBC, 15 years after he left the Corporation.