Jimmy Carr has announced a mammoth UK tour picking out the best gags and stories from his 15-year career. There will also be brand new material in the ultimate greatest hits comedy show.... more
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Comedian Doug Stanhope has become involved in an incident during the Scandanvian leg of his current European tour.While performing at the Sodra Teatern in Stockholm, Sweden on Sunday night... more
The British Comedy Society is to honour late actor Richard Briers CBE with a blue plaque. The plaque will be unveiled at noon on Sunday 1st November 2015 at Richard Briers's childhood home,... more
Organisers of the Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival are launching their latest search for the best Silver Stand Up Comedians. The Silver Stand Up Competition, organised in partnership with... more
Frank Skinner is to host a new weekly online talk show entitled Frank Skinner On Demand With...In each episode, to be available on BBC iPlayer, Skinner and his guests will discuss programmes they... more
The new Matt Berry Does... will be released by BBC iPlayer tonight at 9pm. It will be entitled Matt Berry Does...Ghosts to coinicide with the run-up to Halloween.This is the latest short comedy in... more
Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival has received a Bronze award at a prestigious national marketing award and has also been nominated for a top European award.Last night at the annual FM&... more
Update - the picture was sold at auction for £1500.A painting by Ricky Gervais is to be auctioned in Glasgow with all proceeds going to cancer charity Maggie's Centres. The picture is called... more
The BBC has confirmed that the award-winning Inside No 9, written by Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, is to return for a third series.The first series of Inside No 9 was a major... more
Man Down star Greg Davies is to host a major all-star benefit gig for ActionAid and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). Stand Up in Action, the one-off benefit night at London’s Eventim Apollo, will take... more
