Take a ride on Jasper Carrott
New tram named after Birmingham comic
13/11/2019 … One of his most famous stand-up routines was about the ‘nutter on the bus’.
2019 Punching Up
Wed 13 November 2019
Lenny Henry gets a theatre to remove its racist poster
13/11/2019 … A theatre has agreed to take down a racist antique poster after Sir Lenny Henry shamed it into action.
Tue 12 November 2019
© ITV Andrew Maxwell's the jungle outsider
Long odds on comic taking the I'm A Celebrity crown
12/11/2019 … Andrew Maxwell goes into the I’m A Celebrity… camp as the rank outsider.
Mon 11 November 2019
Bet that Bloomin' hurt
See the moment comic Adam Bloom split his head open on stage
11/11/2019 … Stand-up Adam Bloom cracked more than jokes yesterday – splitting his head open as he jogged on to the stage.
Omid's the whistleblower
Djalili becomes a football ref
11/11/2019 … Omid Djalili has become a football referee to get back in shape.
Fri 08 November 2019
© Gary Danvers Collection/CC BY-SA 2.0 This would improve Star Wars...
08/11/2019 … Tweets of the week so you’re telling me Warm Regards is fine, but Moist Regards is "weird" and "makes the office uncomfortable"? Ok…
A Mossive insult!
Richard Ayoade on landing his IT Crowd role
08/11/2019 … Being thought of as the perfect person for the role might be flattering for many actors.
Thu 07 November 2019
Carr crash
Why Alan's Grease spectacular was such a flop
07/11/2019 … When it was announced that Alan Carr was to host a two-hour celebration of Grease a couple of years back, he gushed: ‘I love Grease, so I cannot wait to step…