Andrew Lawrence has criticised the left wing dominance of the current comedy scene in a piece published in today's Times.The piece is behind the Times paywall online, but in it Lawrence revisits... more
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Comedians Cariad Lloyd and Jenny Bede have made a pop video spoof to fight the 5% VAT on tampons.Bad Blood is a send-up of Taylor Swift with the lyrics changed to criticise Chancellor George Osborne... more
Writer David Nobbs, the creator of Reggie Perrin, has died, aged 80. While Nobbs was best known for his novel featuring disgruntled salary man Perrin and the subsequent BBC sitcom starring... more
Here is the full text of the welcome speech Nica Burns, who runs the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Awards, made today at a lunch attended by industry folk and journalists at Ghillie Dhu in the city... more
Award-winning podcast No Such Thing As A Fish is coming to the West End for a special live performance this autumn.The spin-off of BBC2’s QI is presented by the “QI Elves” and is packed full of... more
Comedy fans can now vote to choose three more finalists for the Magners New Comedy Act 2015.George Rigden from Bristol, Lolly Adefope from London and Ingrid Dahle from Brighton have already been... more
Following the popularity of last year's commemoration of the 60th anniversary of Hancock's Half Hour, Kevin McNally is back as the lad 'imself, with the recording of five more episodes... more
Comedians Nick Helm, James Acaster, Nish Kumar and Marcus Brigstocke are among the performers appearing in a new unrehearsed show about heterosexual female sexuality at the Edinburgh Fringe.... more
The Edinburgh Fringe show Dicing With Dr Death presented by Dr Philip Nitschke, which is about euthanasia, received a visit from the police today at its venue, Just The Tonic's Caves. According to a... more
Actor, comedian and award-winning writer Reece Shearsmith joins Peter Capaldi (the Doctor) and Jenna Coleman (Clara Oswald) as he takes-up a guest role in a special episode of Doctor Who, returning... more
