It's sexual Ealing as Julian Clary heads festival
03/05/2015 … JULIAN CLARY, Russell Kane, Milton Jones, Marcus Brigstocke and Rob Delaney are among the acts announced for this year's Ealing Comedy Festival, running in a marquee…
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Sun 03 May 2015
Sat 02 May 2015
Red Dwarf returns – twice
Comedy out of stasis for TWO new series
02/05/2015 … Red Dwarf is to return for two new series, TV channel Dave has announced.
Fri 01 May 2015
'People who start stand-up are very crazy'
01/05/2015 … • 'People who start doing stand-up are very crazy.
The black comic who blacked up
Marlon Davis's experimental gig
01/05/2015 … Marlon Davis has revealed how he blacked up for his first stand-up gig - despite being black.
Lost pre-Python sketches unearthed
01/05/2015 … FOOTAGE from a lost episode of influential comedy series Do Not Adjust Your Set has emerged online.
Thu 30 April 2015
© BBC Sandi: Why I quit the News Quiz
Toksvig helps set up Women’s Equality Party
30/04/2015 … Sandi Toksvig has revealed the reason that she’s quitting Radio 4’s News Quiz: to go into politics.
New sketch show from Kath & Kim stars
Open Slather to launch on Australian TV
30/04/2015 … The stars of hit Australian sitcom Kath & Kim are reuniting in a new sketch show.
© BBC New government comedy for Thick Of It Star
Radio 4 sitcom set in statistics department
30/04/2015 … The actor who played Tory spin guru Stewart Pearson in The Thick Of It is to star in another political sitcom.