Ben Miller and Hugh Dennis are to star in Ballot Monkeys, a new topical C4 comedy being written to tie in with the General Election.The writers are Drop The Dead Donkey and Outnumbered creators Andy... more
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The Stand has announced its first batch of Edinburgh Fringe shows. Among the highlights this August are Katherine Ryan, Simon Munnery, Stephen K Amos, Mark Watson, Paul Sinha, Alun Cochrane and Mitch... more
Tony Law and Alex Horne have been confirmed as the first two major guests playing the inaugural Barnard Castle Festival. The Festival will take place in the County Durham town on July 18. Law... more
Comedian and impressionist Alistair McGowan it to play Jimmy Savile in a new play which explores the disgraced DJ's crimes.An Audience with Jimmy Savile is written by writer/reporter Jonathan... more
Breaking News 21/4/15: As rumoured below, Groundhog Day will now premiere in London at the Old Vic in June 2016. Tickets will go on sale in September. To be the first to hear about tickets going on... more
David Mitchell is to star as William Shakespeare in a pilot recording of a new situation comedy about the life of the nation's best-loved bard before he became famous. It is entitled Upstart... more
Alan Davies As Yet Untitled is set to return to TV channel Dave for a third series.Comedy website The British Comedy Guide has reported that the series, in which Davies chats to guests and then comes... more
Janey Godley has been nominated for four awards in the second Scottish Comedy Awards nominations, announced today. The Glaswegian comedian is up for Best Headliner, Best Compere, Best Podcast (with... more
Trevor Noah is to be the new host of The Daily Show. It has been reported that he will take over later this year from long-standing host Jon Stewart, who announced he was leaving in February.Noah has... more
Monty Python stars Michael Palin and Terry Jones were reunited yesterday at the Museum of Comedy in Holborn. They were the guests of comedy historian Robert Ross for a special recording of his... more
