One of Channel 4's oddest comedies in recent years is to get a second series.Writer/performer Will Sharpe's Flowers will return for six more episodes in association with US comedy streaming... more
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Ex-footballer Paul Gascoigne has pleaded guilty to racially aggravated abuse after a "joke" he told in a show.Gascoigne, 49, made the comment during his appearance in An Evening With Gazza in... more
Julia Louis-Dreyfus won her sixth Emmy last night for her starring role in Veep, while the political satire won Best Comedy for the second year in a row.Last Week Tonight with John Oliver won Best... more
Clem Fandango, the horse rather than the character in C4 sitcom Toast of London, notched up a victory in the Harry Rosebery Stakes at Ayr at 3.40pm on Friday. The trainer was Keith Dalgleish and the... more
Channel 4 has commissioned Rumpus Media to produce a new one-off programme featuring comedian Jon Richardson.Jon Richardson’s Dead Worried sees him explore the ever-increasing plethora of reasons to... more
Rhod Gilbert has been announced as the new host of BBC Two’s You’re Fired and You’re Hired, the companion shows to The Apprentice.The Welsh comedian will appear each week alongside a variety of... more
Acclaimed American storytelling comic Mike Birbiglia is coming to the UK. He will be performing his latest show Thank God For Jokes at the Leicester Square Theatre for one night only on October 11.... more
John Finnemore has some of the most devoted, committed fans in the world of comedy, but just in case there are some lovers of his humour out there who don't already know this, a sixth series of his... more
Wordless entertainer The Boy With Tape On His Face failed to win the America's Got Talent final last night.The competition was won by 12-year-old singer/songwriter Grace VanderWaal who wins a... more
Arm Wrestling With Chas And Dave, the TV programme suggested by a desperate Alan Partridge in 1997 almost comes true next week.In Monday's The Comedy Club Interview on BBC Radio 4 Extra, host... more
