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BBC Two's Funny Festival Live line-up revealed
Jason Manford, Jo Brand, Sara Pascoe and Kiri Pritchard-McLean will be amongst the hosts of Funny Festival Live, the nightly BBC Two stand-up series which starts on Sunday 7th March.
British Comedy Guide, 24th February 2021BBC to broadcast The Festival Of Funny
The BBC has announced The Festival Of Funny. Running across its TV, radio and online channels from late February to mid-March, the festival will see fourteen hours of new content broadcast.
British Comedy Guide, 15th February 2021Just A Minute to return with guest presenters
Paul Merton, Gyles Brandreth, Lucy Porter, Stephen Fry, Jo Brand and Nish Kumar will be amongst the guest hosts for a new series of BBC Radio 4 panel show Just A Minute.
British Comedy Guide, 11th December 2020Jo Brand to present How To Stay Sane In A Mad World
Jo Brand is to front a new Channel 4 show offering up light-hearted tips with how to cope with lockdown. Jo Brand's How To Stay Sane In A Mad World will be broadcast this winter.
British Comedy Guide, 27th November 2020Radio Times poll of best radio comedies
Radio 4 panel show I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue has come top of a Radio Times list of the greatest radio comedy shows.
British Comedy Guide, 17th November 2020Female comedians' best gags
Have you heard the one about the "sexist old fart" who says women are not very funny?
That would be veteran broadcaster Michael Parkinson, 85.
Dulcie Pearce, The Sun, 10th November 2020Ian Cognito film being made
Ian Cognito, the hellraising stand-up comedian who died in 2019, is to be the subject of a new film.
British Comedy Guide, 2nd October 2020Jo Brand torched ex's pants after breaking into house
The comedian made the astounding revelation on a parenting podcast, and admitted that her daughters' antics are tame compared to her as a teen.
Janine Yaqoob, The Mirror, 12th September 2020Channel 5 to celebrate classic sitcoms and sketches
Channel 5 is to broadcast new show Jo Brand's Classic Comedy Sketches... Of The 80's, plus a series tributes to four popular BBC sitcoms: Gavin & Stacey, Dad's Army, Are You Being Served? and Only Fools And Horses.
British Comedy Guide, 31st July 2020Comedy stars curate Summer Comedy Festival on Radio 4
Miles Jupp, Jo Brand, Daliso Chaponda, Jayde Adams, Sara Pascoe and Darren Harriott will each curate a comedy show for Radio 4's Summer Comedy Festival.
British Comedy Guide, 18th July 2020