Tom Allen’s UK travel show FINALLY comes to Channel 4
10/07/2020 … Tom Allen’s UK travel show pilot is to air on Channel 4 this December, the broadcaster has announced.
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Fri 10 July 2020
John Bishop announces 2021 tour dates
...but it's up to £37 to see a warm-up show!
10/07/2020 … John Bishop has announced his tour dates for 2021.
Sue Perkins and Guz Khan sign up to Comedy Central game show
Celebrity Game Night to be presented by Liza Tarbuck
10/07/2020 … Sue Perkins and Guz Khan are to be team captains in a celebrity game show newly commissioned by Comedy Central.
© Sally-Anne Hayward/Twitter Green light for outdoor comedy gigs
Government gives the OK for al fresco shows from this weekend
10/07/2020 … Comedy gigs can officially take place outdoors from Saturday.
Thu 09 July 2020
Boston square named after Barry Crimmins
Tribute to comic on what would have been his 67th birthday
09/07/2020 … A Boston square has been renamed in tribute to Barry Crimmins, the activist comedian who was so instrumental in shaping the US city’s comedy scheme.
Wed 08 July 2020
Bill Bailey writes a guide to happiness
08/07/2020 … Bill Bailey has written a new book about how to be happy.
Marti Caine denied city honour because she won't show up to the unveiling
(Well, she has been dead for 25 years)
08/07/2020 … Bureaucrats have rejected calls to honour the late comedy trailblazer Marti Caine on a walk of fame - because she wouldn’t be able to attend the unveiling.
Comedian locked up 'for laughing'
Now Amnesty blasts 'trumped up' charges against Idris Sultan
08/07/2020 … A comedian is facing criminal charges after laughing at the Tanzanian president.