Ricky Gervais has been the big winner in this year's I Talk Telly Awards, scooping three prizes in the public vote.
He won Best Comedy Performance for his role in After Life and the acclaimed Netflix series also won Best New Comedy, while the scene in which a schoolboy is called "you tubby little ginger c**t" won Moment of the Year.
Comedian Chris Ramsey has been knocked out of this year's Strictly Come Dancing competition.
Ramsey and his partner Karen Hauer came bottom on Saturday night and on Sunday night's programme were in the dance-off with CBBC presenter Karim Zeroual.
The judges decided that Karim should make it through.
I've got a very large soft spot for Sh!t Theatre, the punky, powerhouse duo of Rebecca Biscuit and Louise Mothersole. I've seen most of their shows at the Edinburgh Fringe, but because they are not always in the comedy programme I've tended to see them at the end of the festival. Two years ago their show DollyWould, their oddball ode to Dolly Parton, was the very last show I saw and I lost my notebook in the theatre.
The multi-talented duo will develop new comedy and comedy drama projects for the UK and international market in an exclusive first look deal over two years.
Entries have now opened for the Amused Moose Comedy’s National New Comic Award. This annual talent search has discovered stars of the future such as previous winners Sarah Millican, Jack Whitehall and Rob Beckett (pictured), with finalists including Josh Widdicombe, Romesh Ranganathan, Jimmy Carr, Katherine Ryan, Kevin Bridges and Greg Davies.
BAFTA Nominated comedian and star of BBC Two’s The Mash Report, Rachel Parris will tour the UK in Spring 2020, with a brand-new show about big life changes, titled All Change Please. The tour includes three warm up dates at London’s Soho Theatre before officially starting in Brighton on 24th April 2020 and concluding in Leeds at the City Varieties on 27th June 2020.
Subscription video-on-demand platform specialising exclusively in stand-up comedy specials NextUp has announced specials from Becky Brunning, Njambi McGrath, Sam Rhodes and Bec Hill in December.
Funny Women finalist and Broadchurch Actor Becky Brunning delights with Bloom. A tale of two halves, the show focuses on her relationship with her parents as a child, and her future as she considers starting a family with her wife.
Clive James has died. He was 80.
The Australia-born writer/broadcast had been diagnosed with leukaemia in 2010, but had continued to work right up to his death.
James was a highly respected writer and critic, who moved to the UK in 1961 and found fame first as a TV columnist and then as a TV presenter, most famously fronting clip shows showing programmes from around the world including the Japanese game show Endurance.
Irish comedian Al Porter has issued a statement today via his Facebook page.
He wrote the following:
"Today the DPP has directed to drop their case against me.
I would like to thank my family, friends and solicitors, Michael Staines and Aoife Corridan, for their support.
For two long and very anxious years I have co-operated fully and respected the legal process.
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