Former BBC radio comedy chief John Pidgeon dies
19/07/2016 … Former BBC radio comedy boss John Pidgeon has died this morning at the age of 69.
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Tue 19 July 2016
© Bafta Bafta LA to honour Ricky Gervais
'Provocative, edgy and pushes the boundaries'
19/07/2016 … Ricky Gervais is to receive the annual comedy award handed out by Bafta in Los Angeles.
Guests named for John Bishop's chat show
Corden, Coogan and Jo Brand among them
19/07/2016 … The full list of guests for John Bishop’s new chat show has been announced.
New tour AND TV series for Micky Flanagan
Sky travelogue ahead of 2017 stand-up dates
19/07/2016 … Micky Flanagan is filming a new six-part travelogue for Sky 1 – as well as planning a stand-up tour for next year.
What a way to start a new job!
Chaos for comic Greg Burns as he joins Sydney radio station
19/07/2016 … British comic Greg Burns was gripped by panic on his first day DJing at an Australian radio station, after experiencing a technical meltdown.
Kevin Eldon joins Funny Cow
19/07/2016 … KEVIN ELDON has joined the cast of Funny Cow, the comedy-drama film about a woman who becomes a comedian on the Northern working men's club circuit in the 1970s…
Comic kidnapped and beaten over a sketch
19/07/2016 … A comedian has been kidnapped, beaten then dumped in the street by a musician he mocked in a sketch.
Rhys Darby joins Australia's Whose Line?
With Steen Raskopoulos and more...
19/07/2016 … Rhys Darby has joined the team of improvisers on the new Australian version of Whose Line Is It Anyway?Also appearing alongside the Flight of the Conchords star…