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Steve Bennett compiles his most memorable shows of 2020
The year when no gig was normal...
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 31st December 2020Stand Up And Deliver celebrity line-up revealed
Reverend Richard Coles, Shaun Ryder, Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, Curtis Pritchard and Katie McGlynn will take part in Stand Up And Deliver, a show for Stand Up To Cancer 2021 in which celebrities try stand-up comedy with the help of comedian mentors.
British Comedy Guide, 18th November 2020Baddiel sets standards after listening to complaints
David Baddiel made a clumsy gay sex joke about Boris Johnson, but set the standard for comedians listening to queer people and avoiding "straightsplaining".
Lily Wakefield, Pink News, 12th November 2020The stand-ups who took over children's TV
Is performing for young audiences easier? Far from it say the comedians who do clubs at night and CBBC shows by day.
Ryan Gilbey, The Guardian, 10th September 2020O Briain & Baddiel condem BBC for conspiracy podcast
In a since-deleted tweet, Dara O Briain expressed that he was saddened that the BBC appeared to not "want to make" any more editions of the long-running astronomy series Stargazing Live, but that they were able to fund Scarlett Moffatt Wants to Believe, a podcast about conspiracy theories.
Adam White, The Independent, 17th August 2020David Baddiel's Future Friend revealed by HarperCollins
HarperCollins Children's Books has revealed details of Future Friend, the "out of this world" new book from David Baddiel, with illustrations by Steven Lenton.
Mark Chandler, The Bookseller, 14th August 2020David Baddiel to publish book about antisemitism
David Baddiel is to publish a new book on the social-media-led wave of antisemitism sweeping modern society, challenging the implicit notion that it is a "lesser" form of racism.
British Comedy Guide, 11th August 2020Jewish comedians boycott social media for 48 hours
A number of writers and comedians are boycotting social media for 48 hours in a drive to get Twitter and Instagram to change their rules around how they deal with anti-Semitism. The move follows music star Wiley's widely-condemned posts.
British Comedy Guide, 27th July 2020Omid Djalili filming Comedians At Home Doing Nothing
Omid Djalili is shooting a transatlantic lockdown comedy for television. In Comedians At Home Doing Nothing, he talks to various A-list stars.
British Comedy Guide, 15th July 2020Jason Lee still wants apology from Baddiel and Skinner
Jason Lee says he has never received a direct apology from David Baddiel and Frank Skinner over the series of sketches in which they mocked his hairstyle and playing ability. The former Nottingham Forest forward was regularly the butt of jokes on Fantasy Football in the 1990s.
The Mirror, 29th June 2020