Festivals announce comedy line-ups
27/05/2016 … ACTS have been announced for the Balham Comedy Festival in South London, which will run from July 8 to 16.
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Barry Crimmins comes to UK
US comic who fought child porn
26/05/2016 … Barry Crimmins, the American stand-up who has actively helped clear child pornography from the internet, is to perform in the UK for the first time in 30 years.
Eddie Izzard: My homophobic abuse at FA Cup Final
Crystal Palace fan called him 'a disgrace'
26/05/2016 … Eddie Izzard says he was subjected to homophobic abuse at the FA Cup final at the weekend.
Count Arthur Strong to appear in panto
Alongside Paul Zerdin, Paul O'Grady and Julian Clary
26/05/2016 … Count Arthur Strong is to make his real-life pantomime debut.
© BBC Hitchhikers' Guide returns to Radio 4
With unpublished Douglas Adams material
26/05/2016 … The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy is returning to Radio 4 with its first series in more than a decade – and featuring John Lloyd as the Voice of The Book.
© C4 / Dave Brown Noel Fielding's Japanese gameshow gameshow
26/05/2016 … Noel Fielding is piloting a new Channel 4 series based on Japanese gameshows.
Gold drops You Me & Them
26/05/2016 … THE Gold TV channel has dropped its sitcom You, Me & Them.
Tape Face Got Talent
Silent comic to appear on American series
26/05/2016 … The Boy With Tape On His Face is to appear in the new series of America's Got Talent.