Stewart Lee and Bridget Christie have split
Comic confirms 'amicable' separation
05/08/2023 … Stewart Lee last night confirmed that his marriage to Bridget Christie is over.
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Sat 05 August 2023
Joe Pasquale: I was almost killed by my prop moose's head
Comedian rushed to hospital for stitches after freak accident
05/08/2023 … Joe Pasquale says he’s lucky to be alive following a freak accident with one of his props.
Fri 04 August 2023
From one punter to sold out in 24 hours...
Georgie Grier's Fringe fortunes reversed, thanks to Dara O Brian and Jason Manford
04/08/2023 … Writer and actor Georgie Grier has gone from one audience member to a full house, thanks to the backing of the lines of Jason Manford and Dara O Briain.
Armando Iannucci pens a Covid play
Satirist returns to politics with Pandemonium
04/08/2023 … Armando Iannucci’s play about the government's response to the Covid pandemic is to open in London in December.
Eddie Izzard bids to be Brighton MP
Comic wants to be Labour candidate in Caroline Lucas's seat
04/08/2023 … Eddie Izzard is hoping to stand as for election as a Labour MP in Brighton.
© BBC Have I Got News For You 'not offensive to gingers'
04/08/2023 … When Diane Abbott said Jewish people did not face racism, but prejudice similar to gingers, it was inevitably going to make Have I Got News For You.
Wed 02 August 2023
© Big Deal Films Dreaming Whilst Black heads to the US
New audience for Adjani Salmon’s comedy
02/08/2023 … Adjani Salmon’s BBC comedy Dreaming Whilst Black is to air in the US.
© Expectation/UKTV Katherine Ryan to make a parenting show with her family
Testing out child-rearing tips on Parental Guidance
02/08/2023 … Katherine Ryan is to invite TV cameras into her family life as she tries a series of ‘extreme parenting techniques’ for a documentary series.