It's a cracker..!
Miley Cyrus joke wins Christmas contest
10/12/2013 … Comedian Richard Woolford has won a £5,000 competition to modernise the traditional Christmas cracker joke, with a pun about Miley Cyrus.
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Tue 10 December 2013
Steve Bugeja crowned BBC champ
Radio 2 listeners make the choice
10/12/2013 … Steve Bugeja has been crowned winner of this year’s BBC Radio New Comedy Award.
Sitcom role for Fresh Meat's Charlotte
Shooting starts on BBC Three's Siblings
10/12/2013 … Fresh Meat actress Charlotte Ritchie and Tom Stourton from the Totally Tom sketch group are to star a new sitcom about an ‘obnoxious and lazy’ brother and sister.
The Trip 2 to premiere at Sundance
10/12/2013 … THE SECOND instalment of Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon’s The Trip, this time set in Italy, is to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival next month.
Mon 09 December 2013
Jailed for a YouTube spoof
UAE gets tough over an American's 'silly video'
09/12/2013 … An American man has been locked up in a maximum-security prison in Abu Dhabi for eight months for posting a comedy video online.
Melbourne fest announces first shows
09/12/2013 … THE first names have been announced for next year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
Adam Hills to host more Fifteen To Ones
09/12/2013 … Channel 4 quiz show Fifteen to One will return for a full series next year – with Adam Hills hosting four more celebrity editions.
Can comedy fix mental health issues?
A planned TV show aims to find out...
09/12/2013 … Comedians are aiming to tackle mental health stigma with a TV show mixing therapy and improvised comedy.