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The team behind Radio 4’s topical show Dead Ringers are to head out on their first tour in tribute to its creator Bill Dare, ...
Jack Whitehall has revealed that he suffered from bulimia when he first started appearing on TV. He disclosed his struggle with the eating distorted on the new Disney+ documentary about Andrew ...
Katherine Ryan has again called out sexual misconduct in the comedy industry – saying one ‘very famous’ comic shared videos of himself having sex to other stand-ups backstage. She did not identify the ...
Reruns of classic TV comedies should not be held to the same standards of offensive language as new programmes, an archive broadcaster has said. Jonathan Moore, co-founder of free-to-air channel ...
Glasgow’s Stand Comedy Club is on the move after 25 years. The club’s lease on its current site – the basement of a former school in Woodlands Road is up – and it will moving to a new site 100 yards ...
It has been 14 years since Nick Helm won the Dave award for the best joke of the Edinburgh Fringe. And now it can be revealed that he actually got the gag from his father. The comic came clean about ...
To celebrate its 25th anniversary, BBC Radio 4’s legendary, multi-award-winning topical satire show Dead Ringers is hitting the road with a full UK tour for the first time.
More than 6million viewers have watch the first episode of LOL: Last One Laughing, it has been reported. The 6.1million ...
Williams said: ‘We are officially the weirdest thing on the internet. That’s something to be very proud of.’ ...
Bournemouth-based comic Madeleine Brettingham has been named new act of the year at the Bath Comedy Festival.
Jim Jefferies is to host a competitive reality show in the States. The Snake will follow 15 people from various walks of life trying to manipulate their way to becoming that week’s snake, who decides ...
A panel of people working in the UK live comedy sector have signed up to support the Live Comedy Association. The new advisory panel includes producers, comedians, journalists, agents and academics ...