It’s a fiendishly simple format. Get a bunch of motormouth, attention-craving comics round a table, light the blue touch paper and stand back. It is no surprise that this series, in which the title of each episode is chosen from the stories, is back for a third run.
Vic Reeves has posted a message on Twitter following Bob Mortimer's recent heart surgery.
Reeves wrote: "Thank you for all of your messages about Bob. He is doing well. He will return bigger, faster, stronger, better."
Last Leg star Adam Hills has confirmed a brand new tour for 2016 entitled Clown Heart. After a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe 2015, the feelgood Australian will be touring the UK in the Spring, starting in Yeovil on February 8 and ending in Weston-Super-Mare on March 26.
Sometimes comedy spots the zeitgeist before it becomes the zeitgeist. In Edinburgh this summer both Bridget Christie and Daniel Sloss had routines about the absurdity of tampons being taxed as a luxury item. This week UK MPs voted against a move to make the government cut tax on sanitary products, dubbed the "tampon tax". The Finance Bill amendment, which would have forced a negotiation with the EU for a reduction in the 5% VAT rate, was rejected by 305 to 287 votes.
After two semi-finals the six acts have now been chosen for this year's BBC Radio New Comedy Awards Final. The final, at London's Comedy Store on November 20, is already fully booked, but it will be broadcast live on Radio 2.
The competition started in 1995 and previous finalists have included Daniel Kitson, Alan Carr, Peter Kay and Russell Howard. Last year's winner was Lost Voice Guy.
The finalists this year are:
Athena Kugblenu
Mark Liu (aka Ken Cheng)
Andy Storey
Russ Peers
Bull might be set in an antique shop but the most priceless relics can be found lurking in the script. This three-part series, written by Gareth Gwynne and John-Luke Roberts, is not afraid to fall back on a clichéd gag but does it with such cheesy relish that you can’t help but laugh.
I was amused to hear that Doug Stanhope was cheesed off about a baby being in his audience at one of his European gigs recently. According to reports Stanhope wanted the infant ejected, but the parents managed to move to more discreet balcony seats and enjoy the rest of Stanhope’s show. We don’t know what their baby thought of it.
Jimmy Carr has announced a mammoth UK tour picking out the best gags and stories from his 15-year career. There will also be brand new material in the ultimate greatest hits comedy show.
The Best Of, Ultimate, Gold, Greatest Hits Tour will kick off in May 2016 and visit every corner of the UK all the way up to November 2017.
Frank Skinner is to host a new weekly online talk show entitled Frank Skinner On Demand With...
In each episode, to be available on BBC iPlayer, Skinner and his guests will discuss programmes they have been watching on BBC iPlayer. The first three guests lined up are Lee Mack, Zoe Ball and Josh Widdicombe.
Skinner will go on location and present the show from wherever his guests watch iPlayer, from tour bus to sun lounger.
Frank Skinner On Demand With...will be available from November 13.
The new Matt Berry Does... will be released by BBC iPlayer tonight at 9pm. It will be entitled Matt Berry Does...Ghosts to coinicide with the run-up to Halloween.
This is the latest short comedy in the series, co-written by Bob Mortimer, in which Berry takes a typically idiosyncratic look at modern culture. He has previously dissected summer holidays, Father's Day and the Boat Race. There will be one final Matt Berry Does... after this, which is believed to be Matt Berry Does...Christmas.
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