The £10m comedy ticket scam
That's the value of the fraud market, says report
18/04/2013 … Ticket fraud cost British comedy fans almost £10million last year.
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Thu 18 April 2013
Mock The Week's 'more fun' without Frankie
18/04/2013 … Dara O Briain says Mock The Week has got ‘a lot more fun’ since Frankie Boyle left.
Wed 17 April 2013
© Optimum Releasing / Film 4 C4 drops Four Lions
Fear of insensitivity after Boston blasts
17/04/2013 … Channel 4 has dropped Chris Morris’s terrorism satire Four Lions from its schedules following the Boston explosions.
I was Maggie Thatcher's butler
17/04/2013 … Mrs Brown’s Boys star Brendan O'Carroll has revealed that he once worked as Margaret Thatcher's butler.
The free shows you can pay for...
17/04/2013 … An Edinburgh Fringe promoter says he has found a ‘third way’ to put on shows, partway between free-admission and paid ticketing.
Tue 16 April 2013
App-solutely fabulous
Chortle comes to Android phones
16/04/2013 … Chortle is now available as an Android app.
BBC defends HIGNFY Thatcher jokes
'It was always going to infuriate some'
16/04/2013 … The BBC has defended Have I Got News For You against claims it was disrespectful to Lady Thatcher.
Badult entertainment
16/04/2013 … The forthcoming BBC Three sitcom from sketch trio Pappy’s has been renamed Badults.