Critics' choices
Press awards for Lloyd, Finnemore and Catastrophe
11/03/2016 … John Finnemore, John Lloyd and Catastrophe have been honoured at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards.
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Fri 11 March 2016
BBC renews Insert Name Here
Second series for Perkins, Osman and Widdicombe
11/03/2016 … BBC Two has ordered a second series of its comedy panel show Insert Name Here.
A sick comedian
11/03/2016 … • ‘I'm not like Russell Brand, out in the audience with a cordless mic, foraging for vagina.
Thu 10 March 2016
© Steve Ullathorne John Dowie's back
Alternative comedy pioneer's first gig in 14 years
10/03/2016 … Alternative comedy pioneer John Dowie is to perform his first live show in 14 years.
Adam Buxton joins Diet Of Worms
10/03/2016 … Irish sketch group Diet of Worms are returning to the BBC with a Radio 4 pilot.
Vimeo launches comedy shows
10/03/2016 … Video website Vimeo has announced a new range of comedy commissions, including a new show starring comedy duo Jake & Amir and a special from musical comics Garfunkel…
BBC announces new pilots
Shows from Johnny Vegas, Sharon Horgan and Graham Linehan
10/03/2016 … BBC Two is to showcase five new comedy pilots this summer, including comedies from Johnny Vegas and Graham Linehan and Sharon Horgan.
Chubby Brown: I'm cleaner than Jimmy Carr
Comic hits back after council ban
10/03/2016 … Roy Chubby Brown has claimed he's 'the Archbishop of Canterbury' compared to Jimmy Carr, after a local council forced him to cancel a gig.