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© UKTV The week's best comedy on TV, radio and streaming
04/05/2025 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Monday May 5 SILENCE IS GOLDEN: It’s a bit like Amazon’s Last One Laughing,…
Applications now open for public judges
03/05/2025 … The Edinburgh Comedy Awards have launched their annual appeal for die-hard comedy fans to join the judges.
'An antidote to hearing the same old voices'
02/05/2025 … Matt Forde is to host his first Radio 4 comedy series.
© PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo Ex-comic faces rape and sexual assault charges
02/05/2025 … Russell Brand has been granted bail over the charges of rape, sexual assault and indecent assault he faces.
Nish Kumar cancels NZ shows amid severe gusts
01/05/2025 … Nish Kumar has been forced to cancel two shows in New Zealand because of extreme weather conditions.
Comic says he wants to follow 'other opportunities'
01/05/2025 … Chris McCausland’s talk show will not be returning for a second series.
...just days after MPs heard how the tech was a threat to comedy
01/05/2025 … The Edinburgh Fringe has signed a sponsorship deal with an AI company – just days after MPs heard how the technology was an existential threat to the…
© Gene Reed Just 45 years after becoming a comedian!
01/05/2025 … Rosie O’Donnell is to make her Edinburgh Fringe debut – 45 years after starting her stand-up career The American comedian had her own daytime talk…
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