John Cleese announces tour
11/09/2014 … John Cleese is going on tour again this autumn to promote his new memoirs So, Anyway…The Python star is to perform 11 dates of a one-man show based around the…
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Thu 11 September 2014
Wed 10 September 2014
The £3million podcast battle
Adam Carolla settles out of court
10/09/2014 … A comedy podcast has been at the centre of a £3million legal battle that destroyed a 30-year friendship.
© BBC BBC has more Siblings
10/09/2014 … BBC Three comedy Siblings is to return for a second series, the BBC has announced.
A US recording deal - thanks to Reddit
British comic Chris Turner catches a break...
10/09/2014 … British stand-up Chris Turner is to record his first US special tomorrow night.
Dave Gorman gives evidence in DLT trial
DJ's alleged assault in Mrs Merton studio
10/09/2014 … Dave Gorman has given evidence at the trial of Dave Lee Travis, recalling the ‘office gossip’ surrounding a complaint that the former DJ had groped a woman…
Tue 09 September 2014
Swiss roll out their comedy contest
09/09/2014 … A major international comedy competition is coming to the UK for the first time.
Mon 08 September 2014
© CBS Official: James Corden gets US talk show
CBS confirms he'll take over The Late Late Show
08/09/2014 … James Corden has been officially confirmed as America’s newest late-night talk show.
© Giles Smith Josie Long tops Edinburgh star ranking
The best-reviewed show of the Fringe
08/09/2014 … Josie Long had he best-reviewed comedy show at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, according to new analysis of the stars awarded by reviewers.