Harry Hill's first tour in nine years
Plus Jerry Sadowitz, Neil Hamburger and Nick Helm in the week's best live comedy
02/10/2022 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 4,848 events Chortle currently has listed.
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© BBC/Guy Levy Strictly comedians mid-table after second week
As Jayde Adams goes back to her Adele roots
01/10/2022 … Both comedians taking part in this year’s Strictly Come Dancing are firmly mid-table after the second week of the competition.
Community to return as a film
'Six seasons and a movie' becomes a reality
01/10/2022 … American sitcom Community is to finally become a movie.
Fri 30 September 2022
© David Woolfall/CC BY-SA 3.0 Rupa Huq pulls out of Have I Got News For You
MP in racism storm won't face the satirists
30/09/2022 … Labour MP Rupa Huq has pulled out of Have I Got News For You after causing a storm for describing Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng as ‘superficially’ black.
Lost Hancock’s Half Hour episode found after 67 years
Only episode to feature Peter Sellers will now get a Radio 4 airing
30/09/2022 … An episode of Hancock’s Half Hour that has been lost for 67 years is to get an airing on Radio 4.
Louis Theroux to profile Katherine Ryan
As part of his new BBC in-depth interview series
30/09/2022 … Louis Theroux is to present an in-depth profile of Katherine Ryan for his new BBC series.
© Comedy Central Trevor Noah quits the Daily Show
Comic wants to return to stand-up
30/09/2022 … Trevor Noah is stepping back from The Daily Show after seven years.
Taskmaster's John Kearns announces 2023 tour
...as do Zoe Lyons and Simon Brodkin
30/09/2022 … John Kearns, Zoe Lyons and Simon Brodkin have all announced new tours for 2023.