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Jonathan Brown: Daniel Kitson declared funniest man in business by his contemporaries.
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David Jason returns to BBC for new comedy
Thursday, 14 April 2011
Sir David Jason has struck a blow for older actors after signing up to star in a new BBC comedy, 20 years after the last series of Only Fools and Horses.
Charlie Sheen stage show slammed by critics
Sunday, 3 April 2011
Charlie Sheen was heckled, booed and eventually abandoned by the crowd at his inaugural stage show with the audience chanting 'refund.'
Brand wins major comedy award
Sunday, 23 January 2011
But Russell is not there to collect it - unlike namesake Jo, who also triumphs
Joke's on Steve Martin after a gig so dull the crowd got a refund
Friday, 3 December 2010
David Usborne: Steve Martin is not used to being called a flop, but how else do you describe the fallout from his appearance this week at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan?
Izzard to invade France
Friday, 19 November 2010
Comedian known for surreal skits to perform a one-man show in French.
Sign language: Did you see the one about...?
Thursday, 23 September 2010
A comedy club has hired a sign language interpreter to make sense of the jokes for deaf customers
Third time lucky for comic Russell Kane
Sunday, 29 August 2010
Veronica Lee: Edinburgh Comedy Award goes to stand-up's intensely personal show about his late father
This is the weekend for...telling jokes
Saturday, 28 August 2010
With the Government offering death by a thousand cuts, the weather offering a sneak preview of autumn and old women torturing cats, heaven knows, we could all do with a laugh.
It's the way he tells them... Vine's joke is Fringe best
Monday, 23 August 2010
One-liner by Tim Vine named as the best joke at Edinburgh
Fry's new show scripted by his Twitter fans
Friday, 13 August 2010
The idea that an entertainer would organise a 5,000-seater solo gig with no script and only a hazy plan to amuse the crowd, brings to mind images of creeks and paddles.
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