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.
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Wed 17 April 2013
Tue 16 April 2013
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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.
Sat 13 April 2013
RIP Jonathan Winters
One of the 'great greats' dies at 87
13/04/2013 … Jonathan Winters, ‘one of the great comedy talents in the history of the United States’, has died at the age of 87.
All Star secrets revealed
13/04/2013 … Cult Australian comedy heroes The Doug Anthony All-Stars reunited today, almost 20 years after they disbanded.
Teen comic wows BGT
Praise for comedian with cerebral palsy
13/04/2013 … A teenage comic with cerebral palsy has wowed the Britain’s Got Talent judges.
Stephen Fry to play stand-up club
13/04/2013 … Stephen Fry is to make an appearance at a stand-up show to sing the praises of his comedy hero, Peter Cook.