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Hot Tickets - Weekend comedy

16.09.11
Here are the biggest comedy gigs in the capital this weekend... ... more

The Only Way Is Essex wins a BAFTA

23.05.11
ITV2's The Only Way Is Essex won the YouTube Audience Award, the only prize chosen by viewers. Mark Wright, who appears in the reality show, said it felt "incredible" to win... more

Dr Who versus Sherlock Holmes for Bafta

26.04.11
Who's against Holmes for Bafta... and Watson is up for award too as Matt Smith takes on Benedict Cumberbatch... more

Londoners have the last laugh

13.04.11
Londoners are the biggest fans of political comedy and satire in Britain, the first poll of stand-up comics found ... more

Kings and queens of comedy unite for Mencap benefit

04.04.11
Mencap's April Fools benefit was a night of quickfire laughs starring the likes of Jo Brand, Miranda Hart, Harry Hill, Al Murray and Catherine Tate... more

Hot Tickets: London's going out guide

01.04.11
Here are the biggest gigs and comedy in the capital this weekend...... more

Ant and Dec triumph at RTS Awards 2011

16.03.11
Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly were winners at the Royal Television Society Awards 2011 last night... more

Victoria Wood does it best at The Angina Monologues

06.12.10
It was Victoria Wood’s night at The Angina Monologues and she concluded with pin-sharp reflections on being single... more

Comic Andi Osho takes a stand against Britain’s biggest killer of women

02.12.10
East London stand-up Andi Osho is teaming up with comedy stars Victoria Wood, Jo Brand and Julia Davis to raise awareness of heart disease in women... more

The celebrities strike back in the bookshops

30.09.10
The first of two tranches of stars’ autobiographies go on sale today. David Sexton jostles his way to the front of the queue... more

Jonathan Ross to star in Channel 4 comedy gala

11.02.10
Outgoing BBC star Jonathan Ross will be starring in a live comedy gala for Channel 4. ... more

Hysteria on blue Monday

19.01.10
If Monday was supposed to be the gloomiest day of the year, nobody informed The Comedy Store... more

BBC Trust rejects complaint over Jo Brand's Thatcher gag

01.12.09
A complaint about a gag by comedian Jo Brand in which she claimed "Lady Thatcher" sounded like a hair removal device has been rejected by the BBC.... more

Prepare for the celebrity book war

08.10.09
The race for the lion's share of the Christmas memoirs market is under way. David Sexton and Nick Curtis sort wheat from chaff... more

Robert Newman and the origins of WW1

09.09.09
The Greenwich Comedy Festival claims to be London’s biggest comedy festival and while that is a bold claim the line-up is certainly impressive... more

Top comedians to share trade secrets with teenagers

17.08.09
Young aspiring stand-ups are to get the opportunity to perform alongside some of the biggest comedy stars in Britain... more

Terrific yet odd celebrations for Comedy Store

19.05.09
There was a giggle of comedians on stage at the Comedy Store to celebrate the trailblazing club's 30th birthday.... more

Carol Thatcher aide: This is BBC vendetta

04.02.09
The Carol Thatcher race row intensified as attention centred on who leaked her "golliwog" remark... more

Thatcher’s golliwog jibe axing is 'revenge on mum'

04.02.09
The BBC has been accused of taking revenge on Margaret Thatcher, after her daughter Carol was sacked from The One Show.... more

Jo Brand's tell-by date

01.09.08
When Jo Brand is good she is very, very good and she was toweringly good when it came to romance and food, says Bruce Dessau. ... more

Election Diary

11.03.08
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These pirates have real swagger

20.02.08
An inventive cast and superb and zesty music makes the Pirates of Penzance good enough to make the sceptics smile.... more

Get this on your little list

31.01.08
Alistair McGowan's portrayal of Mikado was a cocktail of Fry, Paxman and Cleese, and well worth the wait.... more

Stars mourn legendary Red Rose Comedy Club

14.01.08
One of London's oldest and most respected comedy clubs, where some of the country's best comedians cut their teeth, is to shut down after 20 years.... more

Oddball tales and old gags for Linda

29.10.07
Jo Brand, Jeremy Hardy, John Shuttleworth and John Hegley were among those taking part in a chaotic tribute to Linda Smith.... more

Is Katy Brand the new Catherine Tate?

19.10.07
Her spoof Lily Allen song on Radio 1 was mistaken for the real thing and her new TV series lampoons Amy Winehouse and Kate Moss - they deserve it, says comedy's latest star.... more

Critic's choice: top 5 comedy shows

31.05.07
Spikey Jo Caulfield, Jo Brand, John Hegley, Shappi Khorsandi, John Shuttleworth - there's loads of great comedy around this weekend.... more

Critic's choice: top comedy shows

22.03.07
This weekend's comedy highlights include Jo Brand, Stewart Lee and Mark Thomas raising money in aid of democracy for Burma, and DJ Danny nailing the ludicrous jargon of dance music.... more

Critic's choice: Best comedy shows

22.02.07
Rising star Russell Howard will be in his element live on stage, former poetry boyband member Luke Wright goes it alone and a terrific bill gathers for the Great Ormond Street Benefit gig.... more

This weekend's top five comedy shows

05.10.06
Bruce Dessau sorts out the best laughs in the capital over the next few days: Jason Byrne and one-liner king Milton Jones are among the picks.... more


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