British comedian Will Mars has made it through to the final of NBC's Trial By Laughter competition.Mars, who ran the Joke Thieves comedy night in London, relocated to America a while ago but... more
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Actor Bill Maynard has died. He was 89.Maynard was a familiar figure on television for many decades and was most famous as the star of his own sitcom, Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt. He was also a... more
It has been confirmed that the final episodes of Peter Kay's Car Share will be broadcast on BBC One in May. The first of two episodes will air on May 7.As exclusively reported earlier Beyond The Joke... more
We here at Beyond The Joke know what a reticent, publicity-shy figure Daniel Kitson is and how he likes to portray himself as the bullet-proof hard man of stand-up comedy. However a story has come to... more
Update: Second screening now added on April 6.A charity screening of the new Peter Kay’s Car Share episodes will be held at Blackpool Opera House on Saturday 7th April.Kay posted the news on Twitter... more
Brian Pern: A Tribute has won a National Film Award for Best Comedy. The programme paid tribute to enduring rock chameleon Pern, alias Fast Show actor/comedian Simon Day. Jane Asher also... more
Keith Lemon and Paddy McGuinness will be joined by an all-star cast for the second series of The Keith and Paddy Picture Show which will return to ITV in April. Following a successful launch... more
The line-ups for the two London heats of the Petfringe stand-up competition have been announced.Petfringe is a new comedy competition which claims to be offering the biggest-ever money prize in UK... more
Ken Dodd's funeral has taken place in Liverpool. Fans paid their final respects to the comedian on the route fom his home in Knotty Ash to Livepool Cathedral. A floral Diddyman was propped up... more
Stath Lets Flats is a new 6-part C4 comedy following Stath (Jamie Demetriou - Fleabag, Tracey Ullman’s Show, Gap Year), an incompetent lettings agent, on his day to day antics at 'Michael &... more
