The actor Geoffrey Palmer has died. He was 93.Palmer was famous for his performances in countless sitcoms including As Time Goes By, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, Butterflies, Fairly... more
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Much loved comedy Birds of a Feather will return to ITV for the first time in three years for a brand-new one-off extended Christmas episode.It’s been three years since we last saw the Birds, after... more
Comedian Al Murray and WW2 Historian James Holland have challenged the UK public to supply their best military jokes and banter to help support Walking With The Wounded’s Walking Home For... more
Geoff Norcott is writing a memoir, Where Did I Go Right?: How The Left Lost Me, to be published by Monoray, part of the Octopus Publishing GroupIt tells the story of how he grew up in... more
Jason Manford, a definite strong contender for hardest working person in 2020, is set to appear in panto for the first time this December.Manford will be one of the stars of the socially distanced... more
Comedian Charlie George is one of a select group of 14 new writers selected by Penguin Random House UK for their WriteNow editorial programme.All 14 hail from a range of communities under-represented... more
Hip Hop Saved My Life, the award-winning comedy podcast presented by Romesh Ranganathan and produced by Rupert Majendie, has returned. The new series will feature guests including KSI & Craig... more
Big Difference Company, the charity that has produced Leicester Comedy Festival every February since 1994, and The UK Kids’ Comedy Festival since 2019, has announced that both festivals will be... more
Iceland’s biggest comedian Ari Eldjárn brings his first stand-up special in English to Netflix from 2nd December.Pardon my Icelandic hilariously explores Scandinavian stereotypes... more
It has been reported that veteran comedian Peter Goodwright has died. Goodwright will be remembered by many of a certain age as one of television's top impressionists in the 1960s and 1970s. He... more
