All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© Paul Lippiatt Slapstick dubs him a 'comedy legend'
26/01/2016 … Ken Dodd has been awarded the Comedy Legend award by the Slapstick festival in Bristol He becomes only the third person to take the accolade, following…
25/01/2016 … Jimmy Carr has landed The One Show in hot water with broadcast regulators Ofcom for making jokes about dwarves.
Comic returns to improvised stand-up
25/01/2016 … Frank Skinner is launching a new stand-up show, which he says will be entirely improvised.
25/01/2016 … Ofcom has ruled that an episode of Family Guy about a transgender woman did not breach its guidelines on causing offense.
And Stephen Fry joins the cast
25/01/2016 … Sky’s Yonderland is to return for a third series – with Stephen Fry joining the cast.
The best of the comedy week ahead
24/01/2016 … The comedy week ahead…Monday January 25LIVE IN LONDON: Leading indie venue and producers The Invisible Dot have booked the Hammersmith Apollo to celebrate their…
23/01/2016 … Brendon Burns: So I Suppose THIS Is Offensive NowBrendon Burns has put his full award-winning 2007 show online, and for free, all in the name of context.
Funny Valentines 2016 announced
22/01/2016 … Harry Hill, Stephen Mangan and Citizen Khan creator Adil Ray are to make new shorts for the BBC iPlayer.
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