John Bishop announces 2017 tour
29/09/2016 … John Bishop has announced an arena tour for autumn 2017.
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Thu 29 September 2016
Jim Davidson to make his Comedy Store debut
29/09/2016 … Jim Davidson and Joe Pasquale are making their debuts in the spiritual home of alternative comedy, the Comedy Store.
Wed 28 September 2016
Revealed: Sky's Halloween shorts
With Matthew Holness, Ross Noble and more
28/09/2016 … Garth Merenghi creator Matthew Holness is returning to TV with a new horror-comedy short.
© BBC/Tiger Aspect/Matt Squire BBC axes Boy Meets Girl
Audiences slumped for groundbreaking trans comedy
28/09/2016 … Boy Meets Girl, the first British comedy to feature a transgender star, has been axed.
Victoria Wood statue hits £20k target
28/09/2016 … THE campaign to erect a statue of Victoria Wood in her home town of Bury has reached its £20,000 target – but the comedian's brother Chris Foote Wood is now…
© Jelly Legs 2008 I'm so glad I didn't know about Caroline Aherne's cancer
Ricky Tomlinson and star's brother pay tribute
28/09/2016 … Royle Family star Ricky Tomlinson said he was glad he didn't know about Caroline Aherne's cancer, as it would have been 'too painful' to work with her.
Jo Brand pens a feature film
28/09/2016 … Jo Brand has written her first film - about a Morrissey-loving schizophrenic.
Tribute unveiled to Freddie Frinton
Forgotten at home...but still famous in Europe
28/09/2016 … A tribute has been unveiled in Cleethorpes to a variety hall comedian who remains a star across much of Europe nearly 50 years after his death.