Following the success of the UK Pun Championships at Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival, #UKPunday has been launched to take puns nationwide. it happens for the first time on Monday... more
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The team behind cult horror spoof What We Do In The Shadows is now talking about a follow-up.In an interview with Crave Online, co-writer and co-star Taika Waititi revealed that the title... more
The BBC has announced three 30-minute specials for the new Comedy Playhouse season on BBC One. One is a vehicle for Tom Binns, who plays various characters including Edinburgh favourite, Hospital DJ... more
Harry Hill is to reform his legendary pub band for a one-off show as a tribute to member Matt Bradstock-Smith, who has died.The band featured in in Hill's 1994 Edinburgh show, Pub International,... more
Stephen Fry is to join the cast for the third series of Sky 1’s fantasy comedy series Yonderland, which returns to the channel in 2016. The series is created, written by and stars... more
The line-up has been announced for this year's final of the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year.The competition takes place on February 20 at the Y Theatre as part of Dave's Leicester Comedy... more
Update 29/2/15: More dates added from Tuesday 29th March - Saturday 2nd April 2016. Tickets here. Frank Skinner is returning to live stand-up but this time without a show.The... more
Comedian Romesh Ranganathan has announced the autumn leg of his 2016 tour. Details here. The tour now includes a date at London's Eventim Apollo on October 7. In his new live show... more
The BBC has announced a new batch of romantic iPlayer shorts featuring talent including Suranne Jones (Dr Foster), Stephen Mangan (Episodes), Adil Ray (Citizen Khan) and Harry Hill (Harry Hill’s... more
Jo Brand has set off on her Sport Relief trek entitled 'Jo Brand's Hell of a Walk'*. She plans to walk 150 miles across England east to west from Hull to Liverpool. The comedian was joined this... more
