Satirist John Clarke dies while hiking
10/04/2017 … Satirist John Clarke has died aged 68 while on a hiking trip.
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Mon 10 April 2017
© Manuel Harlan Two Oliviers for Groundhog Day
10/04/2017 … Tim Minchin's Groundhog Day won two Olivier awards last night.
Sun 09 April 2017
A plug for the Bath festival...
The best of the week's live comedy
09/04/2017 … The best of the week's live comedy.
Send in Zach's clowns...
The best TV and radio comedy of the week
09/04/2017 … The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio.
How Blackadder was almost set in the Russian Revolution
...with Rik Mayall as Rasputin
09/04/2017 … Blackadder could have returned with a series set at the time of the Russian Revolution, star Rowan Atkinson has revealed.
Sat 08 April 2017
© BBC Join the Q
Spike Milligan's series and the rest of the week's comedy on demand
08/04/2017 … The week's best comedy on demand.
Fri 07 April 2017
Dara O Briain's Go 8-Bit gets a spin-off
As series two guests are named
07/04/2017 … Dara O Briain’s Go 8 Bit is to return on May 15, TV channel Dave has revealed.
Don Rickles, king of the insult comics, dies at 90
07/04/2017 … Don Rickles, the king of the insult comics, has died at the age of 90.