Richard Pulsford wins the UK pun-chout
Triumph at the Leicester Comedy Festival
08/02/2022 … Richard Pulsford has been crowned the UK Pun Champion of 2022.
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Mon 07 February 2022
Adam Kay announces arena tour – and a new book
As This Is Going To Hurt hits TV
07/02/2022 … Adam Kay has announced his first arena tour and another volume of memoirs just as the adaptation of his bestselling This Is Going to Hurt hits TV…
© Channel 4 Adam Hills to front C4's rugby league coverage
As Super League comes to terrestrial TV for the first time
07/02/2022 … Adam Hills is to present Channel 4’s coverage of the rugby Super League – as matches are shown live on free terrestrial TV for the first time in its…
© Sky UK Eddie Izzard to play Dr Jekyll
New film retells Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic
07/02/2022 … Eddie Izzard is to star in a new telling of the Jekyll and Hyde story.
Sun 06 February 2022
© Sister Carry On Doctor, it ain't...
This Is Going To Hurt, and the rest of the week's best comedy on TV and radio
06/02/2022 … Here's our pick of the best comedy programmes on TV, radio and on-demand this week: Sunday February 6 THE CURSE: This new crime-comedy caper comes from…
Count on Arthur...
06/02/2022 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 5,889 events Chortle currently has listed.
Chelsea Handler pulls gigs over health scare
06/02/2022 … Chelsea Handler has pulled several shows in her American stand-up tour Vaccinated & Horny Tour over a health scare.
© Netflix Calls for Jimmy Carr to be prosecuted over Gypsy joke
...but should Nadine Dorries decide what counts as comedy?
06/02/2022 … Calls are growing for Jimmy Carr to be prosecuted for his offensive Holocaust joke, as politicians, celebrities and Travellers lined up to condemn him.