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.
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Mon 01 February 2016
© 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.
Netflix show for Dr Brown
Comic given carte blanche in The Characters
01/02/2016 … Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Dr Brown has made his own half-hour show for Netflix.
Sun 31 January 2016
Aired at last, the comedy dropped after terror attacks
31/01/2016 … The Radio 2 comedy pulled in the wake of the Paris terror attacks will finally be aired this week.
We lost out on Loadsamoney!
Co-creators didn't cash in on character rights
31/01/2016 … Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson lost out on sharing the fortune that Harry Enfield earned for Loadsamoney, despite co-creating the character.
The besta Leicester, and beyond...
The pick of the comedy week ahead
31/01/2016 … The best of the comedy week ahead…Sunday January 31TV: Here's a chance to reappraise the underrated The Armando Iannucci Shows, now the titular creator has returned…
Bilal Zafar is 'top of the bill'
Comic crowned 2016 Naty winner
31/01/2016 … Bilal Zafar has won this year's Naty New Act Of The Year competition.
Sat 30 January 2016
The Shining just got a lot more weird...
30/01/2016 … The best comedy on demand.