Comedian Lucy Beaumont is making a BBC Two documentary exploring Hull, the UK’s City of Culture 2017.Best known for her BBC Radio 4 comedy To Hull and Back, Beaumont takes viewers on a whistle-stop... more
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Last Leg star Adam Hills has confirmed brand new dates for his Clown Heart show. After a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe 2015 and an extended UK tour in 2016, the feelgood Australian will be... more
Ant & Dec won the Best TV Presenter Award at the National Television Awards last night for the 16th year in succession. Mrs Brown's Boys won Best Comedy. Graham Norton was given a Special... more
"Right leaning but well meaning" comedian Geoff Norcott is to appear on the Question Time panel on BBC1 tonight.The news was announced via the BBC Twitter feed last night and the response was mixed.... more
Comedy Central UK has commissioned two new series of noughties gameshow Your Face or Mine, the cult couples-based comedy format in which your face can win you cash. Jimmy Carr, who presented the... more
Irish rising star Al Porter is to have his own radio show on Today FM.He will be taking over the 12pm daytime slot as part of a shake-up of the Irish commercial network's schedules.The 2016... more
The first episode of the second series of Shakespearean send-up Upstart Crow starring David Mitchell has been filmed. Tim Downie, who plays the bard's rival Christopher Marlowe, posted the news... more
Topical show Unspun with Matt Forde is to return to Dave this March. Six more episodes have been commissioned in which Forde and his team will dismantle the hype and try to work out... more
The BBC’s Head of Values, Ian Fletcher (Hugh Bonneville), is once again throwing open the revolving doors to New Broadcasting House to allow the cameras to film W1A.The cameras will be following Ian... more
UK Punday is to return for a second year to take puns nationwide.On Monday 13th February, whether on social media, in the press or at the Leicester Comedy Festival, people around the... more
