Applications have now opened for the BBC Radio New Comedy Award 2016.Last year's winner was Yuriko Kotani. Recent winners include Angela Barnes, Steve Bujega and Lucy Beaumont. The competition... more
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C4's Catastrophe and E4's Chewing Gum were among the big winners at the RTS Awards last night.Catastrophe, by Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney, won Best Scripted Comedy and Comedy Writing. Michaela... more
John Cleese has hit out at Faulty Towers The Dining Experience, the unofficial homage to the legendary TV series written by Cleese and Connie Booth. In an interview he has talked about taking legal... more
Stand up comedian Kerry Godliman has announced a UK tour.Godliman is best known for being one of the co-stars of the Ricky Gervais series Derek. She also recently appeared in the Comedy Playhouse... more
Joseph Morpurgo was the big winner at the Chortle Awards tonight (Tuesday). The comedian won three awards – Best Breakthrough Act, Innovation and Comedians’ Comedian.Peter Kay won two awards. Car... more
NEWS: The Palladium gig has been unexpectedly cancelled today. We have asked for an explanation and will get back to you... Adam Buxton is to headline a show at the London Palladium with... more
A new crowdfunding platform specially for Edinburgh Fringe shows is to be launched in April. FringeFunder.com claims to have all the best features of Kickstarter and Indiegogo but... more
Barry Cryer has been named The Legend of Comedy at this year's Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival Awards ceremony. Previous legends, voted for by the public, have included Rik ... more
Romesh Ranganathan has extended the autumn leg of his UK tour due to phenomenal demand. The new date for the Crawley comedian is a third night at London's Eventim Apollo on October 26. Tickets... more
Romesh Ranganathan has been nominated for The Times Sky Arts South Bank Breakthrough Award.The winner is chosen by an online vote. Voting will open on the Times website... more
