The Glasgow Live International Comedy Festival runs in the Scottish city from March 9 - 26, but before then there is a launch show in London next week to offer comedy fans down south a taste of what... more
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Hat Trick Productions, the makers of Have I Got News For You, is to make a new comedy quiz show based around the idea of fake news.Is a rocket launched into space by the Nazis in 1944 really about to... more
UKTV has commissioned two further series of the interview show John Bishop: In Conversation With… for premium entertainment channel W. Series one launched with the single highest transmission rating... more
Robin Ince has signed a two-book deal with Atlantic Books. His first book will be entitled I’m a Joke and So Are You and will be published in September 2017.It is described by his... more
Vocalist, musician and comedian Beardyman has released an album made up entirely of fictional song titles. The musical improviser, whose real name is Darren Foreman, put the album together with... more
David Baddiel's critically-acclaimed show My Family: Not The Sitcom is to return to the stage for an extended 10-week run at London’s Playhouse Theatre from Tuesday March 28th. These dates will... more
Comedian Daniel Sloss' current run of live US dates is set to reach Washington this weekend, coinciding with the inauguration of Donald Trump as 45th President of the USA.He – Sloss, not Trump –... more
Daniel Kitson is doing two major benefit gigs next month at the Union Chapel in London and has also announced via his mailing list that he is releasing one of his old shows through bandcamp.The first... more
Comedian Brendon Bruns has caused a controversy following his remarks on television criticising Australia Day, whihc falls on Thursday, January 26.Being interviewed on Sky News in Australia the... more
Channel 4 has confirmed the commission of a brand new series of The Crystal Maze from Fizz, RDF Television’s entertainment label. The 20-part series will be hosted by new Maze Master Richard Ayoade,... more
