© 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.
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Fri 03 March 2017
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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…
© 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.
E4 buys Last Man Standing
After Sky dropped the Tim Allen sitcom
03/03/2017 … Tim Allen’s comedy series Last Man Standing is coming to E4.
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.
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…
Thu 02 March 2017
Hale and Pace to join Benidorm
02/03/2017 … ITV has commissioned a tenth series of Benidorm – with Hale & Pace joining the cast.
Trump supporter attacks comic
Watch as woman hurls glass over anti-Donald gag
02/03/2017 … A Donald Trump supporter hurled a glass at comic John Caparulo for poking fun at the president, hitting him square in the stomach.