Gremlins strike Mo Gilligan's live Channel 4 show
...so he switches to Instagram Live instead
12/05/2020 … Channel 4 had to abandon its live Mo Gilligan show at the last minute last night, after hitting technical difficulties.
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Tue 12 May 2020
Fox serves up an 11th season of Bob's Burgers
12/05/2020 … Bob’s Burgers has been renewed for an eleventh season.
From drugs to jobs
Jacob Hawley launches a new podcast
12/05/2020 … Jacob Hawley is to launch a new BBC podcast about working lives in the time of a pandemic.
Mon 11 May 2020
Seven months until we're ready to go to comedy gigs again
That's according to a new survey of punters
11/05/2020 … Most people think it will be at least five months until they are ready to go out to live entertainment again.
Jerry Stiller dies at 92
Seinfeld topped a long career in comedy
11/05/2020 … Comedy legend Jerry Stiller has died at the age of 92.
Jurgen Klopp tweets land Laura Lexx a book deal
11/05/2020 … Stand-up Laura Lexx has landed a book deal on the back of a successful Twitter thread.
Sun 10 May 2020
© Netflix/Matt Holyoak Charlie Brooker's Wipe returns
The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio
10/05/2020 … The best of the week's TV and radio.
Sat 09 May 2020
Comic Nabil Abdulrashid wows BGT
Londoner gets Alesha Dixon's golden buzzer
09/05/2020 … Comedian Nabil Abdulrashid has got through to the live semi-finals of Britain’s Got Talent after wowing Alesha Dixon.