© BBC Frankie Boyle's New World Order to return
Comic preparing for second series
02/01/2018 … Frankie Boyle's New World Order is returning for a second series on BBC Two.
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Tue 02 January 2018
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Did Karl Pilkington inspire Black Mirror?
Storylines similar to his Ricky Gervais podcast ideas
02/01/2018 … Black Mirror is known for its unique and imaginative leaps on where technology might lead us.
Laser-guided comedy
The first improv show to use lasers comes to London
02/01/2018 … The first – and only – show to combine improvised comedy and lasers is to make its European debut in London later this month.
Bishop backs Al Porter
Clergyman calls for 'proper proportion' over groping allegations
02/01/2018 … A Catholic bishop has leapt to the defence of Irish comedian Al Porter.
Mon 01 January 2018
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.
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.