The transmission date has been confirmed for the new Lee Mack sitcom Semi Detached.It will start on Thursday 6th August 10pm. The pilot episode which aired in 2019, will be repeated on Sunday 26 July... more
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The next series of Live at the Apollo will not be until 2021. The stand-up show is usually recorded at the venue in September but the decision has been taken to press pause on recordings at the... more
Edinburgh Festival venue Just The Tonic has started a fundraiser to help them restart for the Fringe in 2021 with the support of Ricky Gervais, who did his very first stand-up show at the club many... more
The UK’s most talented woodworkers are to be put to the test in a new, six-part factual entertainment series from Plimsoll Productions.Presented by Mel Giedroyc, Good With Wood sees a... more
Comedians including Bill Bailey (pictured), Catherine Tate, Alan Carr, Dane Baptiste, Kerry Godliman and Shazia Mirza are lining up behind Sir David Attenborough to support ZSL London Zoo in its... more
A festival featuring socially distanced gigs with comedians has been cancelled shortly after being announced.Popup Picnic was set to feature headline slots from Jimmy Carr as well as appearances from... more
Dane Baptiste and Richard Blackwood have discussed the recent mix-up when a production company sent Baptiste a picture of Blackwood to approve for a press run.The conversation will form part of the... more
Comedian Joe Wilkinson's miraculous potato throw has been chosen as all-time Best Taskmaster Moment.The nonchalent lob, landing the spud directly in the hole where others had previously missed by... more
Miles Jupp offers up his dream line-up as the first of six curators for Radio 4’s first Summer Comedy Festival. Expect a summer festival with a difference as some of the nation's favourite comics... more
Aisling Bea has won the Breakthrough Talent Award BAFTA at the British Academy Television Craft Awards.Bea won the award for her acclaimed series This Way Up which she also starred in... more
