A dark day for Josh Widdicombe
Tour date abandoned as power fails
10/09/2015 … Josh Widdicombe was forced to cancel the opening night of his tour last night after a power cut hit the Playhouse Theatre in Oxford.
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Thu 10 September 2015
The ‘longest, dumbest’ comedy album
Eugene Mirman's 500-track epic includes 195 orgasms
10/09/2015 … American comic Eugene Mirman is releasing his next stand-up show as a seven-album box set that includes him crying for 45 minutes, 195 orgasms and an introduction…
Wed 09 September 2015
Brits storm America's Got Talent
Watch Piff and Paul Zerdin in the semi-finals
09/09/2015 … British acts Piff The Magic Dragon and Paul Zerdin both performed in the live semi-finals of America's Got Talent last night.
He's not dead, he's restin'
Terry Gilliam laughs off death reports
09/09/2015 … Terry Gilliam has laughed off reports of his death.
Tim Vine pilots radio chat show
09/09/2015 … TIM VINE is piloting a chat show for Radio 4, in which he'll interview members of the audience rather than celebrities.
Tue 08 September 2015
The trials of Bernard Righton
John Thomson says his parody can struggle in clubs
08/09/2015 … John Thomson says modern audiences don’t understand his stand-up character Bernard Righton – and it’s even tougher in the South of England.
© C4 Has Netflix nabbed Black Mirror?
Charlie Brooker's show reportedly leaving C4
08/09/2015 … Netflix has snatched Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror away from Channel 4, according to press reports.
© ITV Benidorm named best TV comedy
08/09/2015 … BENIDORM was named best comedy at the TV Choice Awards last night, and Big Bang Theory won the prize for best international show, all voted for by viewers.