When Shortlist tried to censor Stewart Lee
Magazine didn't want to upset advertisers... or Jack Whitehall
29/07/2016 … Lifestyle magazine Shortlist attempted to censor Stewart Lee for fear he might upset advertisers – or Jack Whitehall.
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Fri 29 July 2016
'Landmark' book deal for Robert Webb
29/07/2016 … Robert Webb is to write his memoirs AND his first novel, following a 'landmark' book deal.
Thu 28 July 2016
© C4 Scrotal Recall is no more...
As Netflix renames it Lovesick
28/07/2016 … Comedy series Scrotal Recall is to get a new name.
Tape Face makes America's Got Talent semis
28/07/2016 … Tape Face has made it to the semi-finals of America’s Got Talent.
Free Fringe flyer fight
Row as founder lays down the law on leaftleters
28/07/2016 … Free Fringe overlord Peter Buckley Hill is dictating which flyerers comedians at his Edinburgh venues can use.
Guests announced for Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit
28/07/2016 … The guests have been named for Dara O Briain’s new videogame show, Go 8 Bit.
© BBC/Pete Dadds Comics share their parenting tips
28/07/2016 … Comedians including Vic Reeves, Katherine Ryan and Sally Phillips will be sharing their child-raising tips in a new series called Parenting For Kids.
R4 orders Moore police comedy
Third series for It's A Fair Cop
28/07/2016 … Radio 4 has commissioned a third series of It’s A Fair Cop from policeman-turned comedian Alfie Moore.