Dara to host Robot Wars revival
With Angela Scanlon and Jonathan Pearce
03/02/2016 … Dara O Briain is to host BBC Two’s revival of Robot Wars.
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Wed 03 February 2016
Student comedy award: London heat confirmed
03/02/2016 … THE LONDON heat of the Chortle Student Comedy Award will be held at the Dogstar pub in Brixton on February 23, it can be announced today.
Tue 02 February 2016
Lewis Schaffer, eco warrior
Comedian chains himself to a tree
02/02/2016 … Comedian Lewis Schaffer has chained himself to a council digger in an attempt to save trees in a cemetery near his South London home.
Henning Wehn to make more Immigrant's Guides
Channel 4 orders three new episodes
02/02/2016 … German comedian Henning Wehn has been commissioned to make three more Immigrant's Guide To… programmes for Channel 4.
James Corden to host the Tonys
The biggest awards on Broadway
02/02/2016 … James Corden is to host this year’s Tony Awards, the biggest celebration of Broadway theatre.
© BBC Charlie Baker joins EastEnders
Comic makes his soap debut tonight
02/02/2016 … Comedian Charlie Baker is joining the cast of EastEnders tonight.
Mon 01 February 2016
Bloomsbury Theatre to stay shut until 2018
...and Piccadilly Comedy Club loses venue, too
01/02/2016 … London’s Bloomsbury Theatre is to remain closed for at least two more years, it was revealed today.
© BBC Car Share named comedy of the year
Peep Show and Inside No 9 also claim British Comedy Guide gongs
01/02/2016 … Peter Kay’s Car Share has been named comedy of the year by the British Comedy Guide.