Cargo Festival Village, a two-acre site next to the Ladyboys of Bangkok, with a big music tent, numerous open-air food stalls, concession stands and outdoor entertainment has four stages available... more
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Acclaimed US comic Chris Gethard returns to London for an intimate stand-up show at the award-winning Bill Murray venue, following the 2017 sell-out success of Chris Gethard: Career Suicide... more
The judging panel has been announced for the 2018 Edinburgh Comedy Awards.Nica Burns, Director of the Edinburgh Comedy Awards, revealed the judging panel for the 2018 Awards, now in its 38th year.... more
Channel 4's Derry Girls has beaten BBC's Inside No. 9 in a tense Radio Times vote to find this year's Comedy Champion.The result went to the wire and the leaders kept changing place. Almost a million... more
Sir David Jason is to head along the west coast of America by road, rail and air exploring both the rich heritage of iconic American transport and glimpsing the high-tech future on offer in David... more
Comedian Mark Row has made a film about his journey to perform at the Edinburgh Fringe. A1: The Long Road To Edinburgh is not just about his car journey up the A1, but also about his journey from... more
BBC Radio Wales has commissioned two sitcoms from Welsh stand-up and writer Robin Morgan. ‘Home’ has been picked up for a pilot episode following its shortlisting in the Find Me Funny scheme. The... more
UKTV has commissioned a brand-new four-part retrospective, Saluting Dad’s Army, for comedy channel Gold. This series is produced by Mercury Productions and coincides with the 50th anniversary of... more
Last month Beyond The Joke reported that comedy superfans Dave and Carole Chapple were planning to ride from Cornwall to the Edinburgh Fringe seeing gigs en route and raising money for the... more
Comedian Frank Skinner has revealed why he and David Baddiel didn't sing Three Lions live onstage during the World Cup.They were invited to perform the football anthem, which recently returned to the... more
