© Sam Saunders/CC BY-SA 2.0 Venue to ditch slave trader's name
All change at Bristol's Colston Hall
26/04/2017 … A major venue for comedy tours is to change its name to sever associations with the slave trade.
Wed 26 April 2017
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Who's on at the Ealing Comedy Festival?
26/04/2017 … The Ealing Comedy Festival has announced its 2017 line-up, with Dara O Brian and Julian Clary among the headliners.
Jason Manford extends tour
26/04/2017 … Jason Manford has added 15 more dates to his Muddle Class 2018 tour.
Tue 25 April 2017
Nanjiani's The Big Sick gets a London screening
International premiere for acclaimed comedy
25/04/2017 … A comedy movie based on the real-life courtship of Silicon Valley star Kumail Nanjiani is to receive its first international screening in London in June.
Alan Carr returns to Radio 2
25/04/2017 … Alan Carr is to return to Radio 2 this summer.
Gonged Off...
Creator of the TV format dies at 80
25/04/2017 … The man who created the Gong Show has died at the age of 80 Australian TV executive Chris Bearde created the format as an NBC show in 1976 to showcase…
Mon 24 April 2017
2.3m see Hospital People
The ratings are in for Tom Binns comedy
24/04/2017 … Tom Binns’ new sitcom Hospital People was seen by 2.
Who will save the sitcom?
New event with writers Marks & Gran
24/04/2017 … Comedy writers Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran are to discuss the future of sitcom at an event in London next month.