British Comedy Guide reveals its 2023 award shortlists
08/01/2024 … The British Comedy Guide has just revealed the shortlists for its awards for the best TV and radio shows of last year.
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Mon 08 January 2024
© Netflix Ricky Gervais wins a Golden Globe for Armageddon
Seems journalists like the stand-up special more than they admit in print...
08/01/2024 … Many critics have slated it, but Ricky Gervais’s Armageddon has won the first Golden Globe for best stand-up special.
Andrew Bird named Comics' Comic of 2023
Other awards for Barry Dodds, Tony Allen, Andy Smart and Gareth Richards
08/01/2024 … Andrew Bird has been named the comics’ comic of 2023.
Katherine Parkinson's C4 comedy 'axed'
Star says Spreadsheet is unlikely to return
08/01/2024 … Katherine Parkinson’s Channel 4 comedy Spreadsheet has been axed after one series, the actress says.
Sun 07 January 2024
Comedy Central to air Henning Wehn and Rich Hall's stand-up specials
The best of the week's comedy on TV, radio and on demand
07/01/2024 … The best of the week's comedy on TV, radio and on demand.
On the mend – and on the road
Rhod Gillbert and Miles Jupp tour after their health issues
07/01/2024 … The week's best live comedy.
Sat 06 January 2024
You can't be fired for being a part-time stand-up
...at least that's what one US arbitrator has decided
06/01/2024 … A journalist who was fired when his bosses found out he was a part-time stand-up comic must be given his job back, arbitrators have ruled.
Fri 05 January 2024
Reviving Dad's Army
Episodes re-recorded for audio by the two-man cast of live stage show
05/01/2024 … Three new audio versions of classic Dad’s Army episodes are to be released next week.