UK-based American comedian Will Franken has caused a kerfuffle with the nominations for his inaugural Defining The Norm Awards which have been announced in Spiked online today. The magazine is the... more
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A League Of Their Own: US Road Trip is to return to Sky 1. The new series, set to enter production this Autumn, once again sees James Corden invite friends Jack Whitehall, Jamie Redknapp... more
Comedian and campaigner Mark Thomas has won The Stage Special Award at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe.The prize celebrates sustained excellence at the Fringe. It is part of The Stage Edinburgh... more
BBC Controller of Comedy Commissioning Shane Allen and writer and star Lee Mack have confirmed that Not Going Out will return to BBC One in 2017 for an eighth series. This follows on from... more
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has announced the outcome of the elections to the Society’s governing body, the Board of Directors.The elections were held to coincide with the Annual General... more
This year's lastminute.com Edinburgh Comedy Award nominations have just been announced. They are as follows: The nominations for Best Comedy Show are:Al Porter: At LargeJames Acaster:... more
Golf-lovers from the UK, Australia and America took part in this year's annual Mackenzie Taylor Memorial Cup at Duddingston Golf Club in Edinburgh yesterday.In a typically tight match the World... more
Sir Antony Jay CVO CBE died peacefully on Sunday evening after a long illness. He was 86.Jay was best known as co-author with Jonathan Lynn of Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister... more
Eric Idle is to star in a BBC Two Christmas Special in which he is joined by younger comedians including Noel Fielding and Robin Ince and also revisits his classic post-Monty Python series,... more
BBC Four has announced a season of programmes exploring the world of conceptual art, BBC Four Goes Conceptual, including a documentary fronted by Jim Moir, aka Vic Reeves.To mark the 100th ... more
