Profits up at Open Mike
£4.4m pre-tax for makers of Live At The Apollo
07/11/2014 … The production company behind TV shows such as Live At The Apollo and Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow made £4.
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Fri 07 November 2014
Tiff Stevenson makes doco on ageing
Based on her live show Uncomfortably Numb
07/11/2014 … Stand-up Tiff Stevenson is to make a documentary about plastic surgery, ageing and the perception of women's faces.
Thu 06 November 2014
Staff and nonsense...
Staff Room sitcom launches online comedy channel
06/11/2014 … Former Coronation Street star Brian Capron and DJ Pat Sharp are to appear in a new online sitcom.
© ITV The comedians who fooled Blue
Stand-ups pranked boy band in new ITV2 series
06/11/2014 … A group of comedians have filmed an ITV prank show at the expense of boyband Blue.
Comedians up for book awards
06/11/2014 … JOHN CLEESE, Rebecca Front and Paul Merton have been nominated for top literary awards.
Wed 05 November 2014
You legends!
Second R4 series for Aisling Bea and Yasmine Akram
05/11/2014 … Radio 4 has commissioned a second series of Irish Micks And Legends from stand-ups Aisling Bea and Yasmine Akram.
Dapper Laughs banned
Student union pulls his tour show
05/11/2014 … Cardiff University has pulled a gig from ‘lad’ comic Dapper Laughs after students protested that he ‘trivialised rape’ and ‘dehumanised women’.
Michael McIntyre to host Royal Variety Performance
05/11/2014 … Michael McIntyre to host this year’s Royal Variety Performance, it has been announced.