Anger over Shirley Ghostman's phantom gigs
19/05/2016 … Fans of spiritualist comedy character Shirley Ghostman are up in arms after shows he cancelled seven months ago have still not been rescheduled.
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Thu 19 May 2016
© Dave Morris / Creative Commons BBC goes to 'Hogwarts'
19/05/2016 … The BBC is moving its Edinburgh Fringe hub to the grounds of the prestigious private school said to have inspired Hogwarts.
Wed 18 May 2016
Sky orders Irish comedy shorts
From Jason Byrne, Katherine Ryan and others
18/05/2016 … Sky has revealed details of its next batch of comedy shorts, including films from Jason Byrne, Katherine Ryan, Seann Walsh and Al Porter.
Erdogan 'goat-shagging' poem banned
German courts issue injunction against comic
18/05/2016 … A German court has slapped an injunction on comedian Jan Böhmermann, preventing him repeating his poem insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
When Jack met Becks
Whitehall makes online interview show for GQ
18/05/2016 … Jack Whitehall has launched a new online video series, featuring David Beckham in the first episode.
'Desperate Housewives on acid'
Channel 4 buys hit Belgian comedy
18/05/2016 … Channel 4 has picked up the rights to a hit Belgian comedy dubbed 'Desperate Housewives on acid'.
Tue 17 May 2016
A bit more Fry and Laurie
Unseen scripts to be published
17/05/2016 … Swathes of unseen Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie scripts are set to be published in a new book.
Heckler glasses comedian on stage
Watch footage of James Loveridge being attacked
17/05/2016 … CCTV footage has emerged of a heckler hurling a glass at a comedian on stage, drawing blood.