Reg Hunter, Vikki Stone and Rayguns Looks Real Enough are among the comedy acts appearing at the three Rewind Festivals this summer.The music and comedy line-ups at the festivals in Perth, Cheshire... more
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The BBC has announced the appointment of their first Commissioning Editor for Podcasts. Jason Phipps, currently Head of Audio at The Guardian, will start the role in May.Jason will lead on the BBC’s... more
Saturday night entertainment show All Together Now will be returning to BBC One for a second series, following a successful first run.Rob Beckett will return as host, with Geri Horner as Head of the... more
Comedy Central UK has announced that after the huge success of last year’s sold out FriendsFest tour, the event is set to return this summer, in partnership again with The Luna Cinema... more
The Leicester Comedy Festival has hosted its annual award ceremony at The Haymarket Theatre (Leicester) honouring comedians, venues and promoters. The ceremony was hosted by Mark Dolan and... more
Irish comedian Jason Byrne has announced a major new tour.His "You Can Come In But Don't Start Anything" tour will start on 27 September at Colchester Arts Centre and will currently finish at the Old... more
Broadcaster and comedian Hardeep Singh Kohli sets out to find the next generation of satirical sketch writers in Sketchtopia, with a keen eye for finding the funny in a multicultural Britain.... more
Following on from a successful pilot last year, a four-part series of sketch show Famalam has been commissioned.In the debut series of the sketch show we’ll meet a huge range of comic creations... more
Comedy legend Bill Murray is to perform onstage in the UK later this year.But his shows on this New Worlds Tour will be music-based rather than comedy shows. He will be appearing alongside cellist... more
The next series of Taskmaster will return to Dave in early May.Greg Davies will reprise his role as the almighty Taskmaster for 10 brand new weekly episodes. The sixth series is set to... more
