Ardal O’Hanlon (Father Ted, My Hero) is to join the cast of BBC One’s hit crime drama Death in Paradise as the latest lead detective in the series.Ardal’s character DI Jack Mooney makes his debut in... more
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Comedian Simon Amstell is to direct his first feature film. Carnage - Swallowing The Past will be made for release on BBC iPlayer. Set in 2067, it looks back at a time when human beings ate... more
The first shows for the 70th anniversary edition of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe have been released. Tickets can be purchased on edfringe.com. More tickets will be released over the next four... more
Mum, the BBC sitcom starring Lesley Manville and written by Stefan Golaszewski, has won Best Comedy Programme at the Broadcast Awards this evening.The shortlisted shows were Catastrophe, Camping... more
The Wells Comedy Festival in association with Brothers Cider has announced its initial line-up for this year's festival. Over the bank holiday weekend of May 26-28 England’s smallest... more
Comedian Reginald D Hunter is to tour the UK in 2017 with his new show, Some People V Reginald D Hunter.In the years that he has been living and performing in the UK, Reginald’s searingly honest... more
Comedian, actor and author Julian Dutton has been selected as the Liberal Democrat candidate in the forthcoming council elections in Llandovery, Camarthenshire.He told Beyond The Joke: "I thought I'd... more
Ayesha Hazarika, a former special advisor to Ed Miliband and Harriet Harman, is returning to stand-up comedy and sets out on a full UK tour starting with dates at the Soho Theatre from April 18.... more
Junior doctor turned comedian Adam Kay has signed a deal with Picador, who will publish the autobiographical Your Life In My Hands.Kay was a junior doctor from 2004 until 2010 before a... more
Geordie Rahul Kohli (pictured) has been crowned Top of the Bill* at the annual New Act of the Year competition at the Leicester Square Theatre.Second place went to lip-synching impressionist Roland... more
