Edinburgh Fringe gets a new chief executive
Shona McCarthy takes over in March
12/01/2016 … Shona McCarthy has been appointed chief executive of the Edinburgh Fringe.
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Tue 12 January 2016
This research into sarcasm is really important
Older people don't get the joke
12/01/2016 … Older people are not as good at getting sarcastic jokes, because they take the statements too literally.
Elly's on the telly
DeGeneres's talk show finds a UK home
12/01/2016 … Ellen DeGeneres’s US talk show is coming to the UK.
2.9m see Tracey Ullman's return
But sketch show divides critics
12/01/2016 … Tracey Ullman's return to British TV proved a ratings success last night.
Mon 11 January 2016
Even a censored subtitle is f***ing offensive
Comedy Central rapped over bad language
11/01/2016 … Comedy Central has again been rapped by Ofcom - this time for offensive subtitles in an episode of its hidden camera show Impractical Jokers which aired in the…
© Amanda Sims New radio series for John Shuttleworth
11/01/2016 … Radio 4 has commissioned a second series of John Shuttleworth’s Lounge Music.
Comedians address the Cambridge Union
Following in prestigious footsteps...
11/01/2016 … Comedians including Janey Godley and Kate Smurthwaite are to debate romance in the Cambridge Union.
Stone me! Missing Hancocks axed
BBC pulls plug with ten episodes still unrecorded
11/01/2016 … Radio 4 has axed its production of The Missing Hancocks after two series.