All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Ofcom won't take any action against Jo Brand
27/01/2020 … Broadcasting regulator Ofcom as drawn a line under the controversy over Jo Brand’s battery acid joke, finally ruling that it will take no further action.
The 'Brummie Stud' who fell from fame and fortune
27/01/2020 … Brummie comedian Johnny Carroll, a star of The Comedians who later fell on hard times, has died at the age of 78.
27/01/2020 … Alan Carr has announced his first tour in four years.
Hat trick for his Netflix specials
27/01/2020 … Dave Chappelle has won this year’s Grammy award for best comedy album for his stand-up show Sticks & Stones, taking the accolade for the third year…
© Eduardo Unda-Sanzana/CC BY-SA 2.0 To help research into demential
27/01/2020 … Terry Jones donated his brain to science, it has been revealed.
(And it's also on Virgin). The week's best comedy on TV and radio
26/01/2020 … The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio.
Stewart Lee's tour and the rest of the week's live comedy picks
26/01/2020 … The best of the week's live comedy.
© GS TV Productions Ltd What judges were told by award's own organisers
26/01/2020 … Gavin & Stacey could be denied a major comedy award – because it included the Pogues song Fairytale Of New York.
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