Mohamed Omar takes New Comedian title
Final at Leicester Square Theatre tonight.
18/12/2017 … Mohamed Omar has been crowned this year's Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian Of The Year.
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Mon 18 December 2017
Amazon passes on all its 2017 comedy pilots
Three shows all dropped, say US reports
18/12/2017 … Amazon has reportedly decided not not to pick up any of the three comedies it piloted last month.
Baddish news! Dave Gorman axes Modern Life Is Goodish
Comic says show is too demanding
18/12/2017 … Dave Gorman is to bring Modern Life Is Goodish to an end, because the stress of compiling the shows is too demanding.
Radio Sheffield hails Bobby Knutt
Late comic wins 'legend' award
18/12/2017 … The late Yorkshire comedian Bobby Knutt was honoured with an award by BBC Radio Sheffield today.
Basil The Rat joins Antiques Roadshow
Fawlty Towers prop in for valuation
18/12/2017 … The most famous rodent in British comedy history is to make a guest appearance on The Antiques Roadshow.
© BBC Rich Hall on 12 months of Trump
18/12/2017 … Rich Hall is returning to Radio 4 to examine the first year of Donald Trump’s presidency.
Sun 17 December 2017
© ITV MXGA: Make Xmas Great Again!
The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio
17/12/2017 … Monday December 18LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN: We probably need say no more… A VERY welcome comeback for Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton and Mark Gatiss to revive the…
Cockles at Christmas
The best of the week's live comedy
17/12/2017 … The best of the week’s live comedy.