Comic picked to represent Britain
16/11/2015 … STAND-UP Ola has won the British section of the international Joke Nation competition, landing him a slot at the Montreux Comedy Festival in Switzerland next month.
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Mon 16 November 2015
© BBC I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again... again
Classic radio comedy revived for the stage
16/11/2015 … Classic radio comedy I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again is being revived for a new stage production, more than 50 years after it first aired.
Katy Brand is such a witch...
Comic to star as the animated Winnie the Witch
16/11/2015 … Katy Brand is set to star in a new animation show for pre-school children.
Russell Howard announces world tour
Playing 'in the round' in 2017
16/11/2015 … Russell Howard has announced his return to the live stage for the first time in three years.
Sun 15 November 2015
© C4/Ben Meadows Sat 14 November 2015
Warren Mitchell dies
14/11/2015 … Warren Mitchell, who played Alf Garnett in Till Death Us Do Part, has died at the age of 89.
Fri 13 November 2015
I drink, smoke and take drugs... but I can still be President
13/11/2015 … •'I like having shows that are disasters.
BBC exiles Russell Kane to the ends of the Earth
For a 'comedy survival series'
13/11/2015 … Russell Kane is is being sent to the ends of the Earth for an international survival series for BBC Three.