Dave Spikey gives gig proceeds away
London show will aid animal welfare in Asia
10/09/2018 … Dave Spikey has vowed to give all the proceeds of his London gig this month to an international animal welfare organisation.
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Mon 10 September 2018
Did Comedy Central 'rip off' a divorce photographer sketch?
Comic Ria Lina thinks they might have
10/09/2018 … Comedian Ria Lina has accused Comedy Central of a ‘blatant rip-off’ over a new online short.
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Birmingham Comedy Fest announcing its Breaking Talent shortlist
10/09/2018 … The Birmingham Comedy Festival has announced the five finalists in its Breaking Talent Award for West Midlands acts.
Anti-feminist sentenced for 'despicable' attack on tributes to murdered comedian
200 hours community service for vandal who desecrated memorial to Eurydice Dixon
10/09/2018 … The unrepentant 'anti-feminist' who defaced the memorial to murdered Australian comedian Eurydice Dixon has been sentenced to 200 hours of community service.
Sun 09 September 2018
Ben Wheatley shoots a new year comedy for the BBC
TV airing and short cinema run for Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
09/09/2018 … The BBC is making a one-off comedy movie with Sightseers director Ben Wheatley.
Descartes attack
The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio
09/09/2018 … The week’s best comedy on TV and radio… although it’s a relatively quiet one.
I Dream Of Jeannie's Bill Daily dies at 91
Actor played astronaut Roger Healey
09/09/2018 … Bill Daily, best known for playing astronaut Roger Healey in the p1960s sitcom I Dream Of Jeannie, has died at the age of 91.