Now Miranda becomes a children's author
03/03/2017 … Miranda Hart is to become a children’s author.
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© BBC/Robert Pereira-Hind Celtic comedies hailed
03/03/2017 … Still Game, Patrick Kielty and stand-up Bennett Arron have all been shortlisted for Celtic Media Awards.
'We've all got issues. It's all about mummy innit?'
03/03/2017 … • 'Being naked does not embarrass me.
© C4 Peter Kay: I wrote Phoenix Nights for Bernard Manning
Controversial comic should have been Brian Potter
03/03/2017 … Peter Kay has revealed that he wrote the part of club-owner Brian Potter in Phoenix Nights for Bernard Manning.
Not 'hirarious', guys
Newspaper pulls 'racist' guide to comedy festival
03/03/2017 … The media partner of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival has been forced to withdraw an article about comedians, after it was widely condemned as racist.
Release date for two Dave Chappelle specials
...as Netflix plans a new stand-up offering every week
03/03/2017 … Netflix has announced that it will release its first two Dave Chappelle specials later this month – and confirmed plans to put out a new stand-up show a week for…
Learn comedy from Steve Martin
Comic legend starts online classes
03/03/2017 … Comedy courses are often treated with suspicion by professional stand-ups… but there's no questioning the credentials of the latest comedian to turn tutor: Steve…
© David A Ellis / Creative Commons 3.0/CC BY-SA 3.0 Arise, Sir Ken
03/03/2017 … Ken Dodd was knighted by Prince William yesterday and said – of course - that he was ‘highly tickled’ by the honour.