Jessica Hynes, who recently won a Bafta Award for her role as PR consultant Siobhan Sharpe in BBC sitcom W1A is to present her favourite pieces of writing to the audience at the BBC Radio... more
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Following the hit BAFTA-nominated one-off which was broadcast on BBC One in 2014, Catherine Tate is bringing her foulmouthed Nan back for two further half hour episodes. The new instalments... more
Paul Merton (and his impro chums), Reginald D. Hunter, Tim Brooke-Taylor and C4’s Stand Up for the Week host Paul Chowdhry join Henning Wehn and... more
Star of BBC's Live at the Apollo, Mock The Week and C4's 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Rob Beckett is to tour this autumn with his new show Mouth Of The South. This follows a month-long... more
The BBC has announced the next six new comedy pilots as part of its Comedy Feeds series on iPlayer. The shows feature, among others, Dane Baptiste, Greg James, Sarah Hadland, Jamie Demetriou,... more
Long-standing comedy club East Dulwich Comedy at the Hob in Forest Hill is to close this weekend after ten years. Owners of the pub Emma and Ron Emslie broke the news on Facebook late last night.... more
Ben Caudell is to be Channel 4's new Head of Entertainment. Caudell is currently Head of Comedy at Objective Productions, a post he only took up in November 2014.Before then he was a co-founder... more
Richard Herring has confirmed the dates for his London run this summer when, instead of doing a new show for a month at the Edinburgh Fringe, he will perform his 11 previous shows plus a new show.... more
A commemorative blue plaque has been unveiled on the wall outside the Frog and Bucket Comedy Club in Manchester. The plaque is dedicated to the “memory of all the comedians who died onstage” during... more
Madcap comedian Jason Byrne has announced a brand new UK tour for autumn 2015. The 20 Years A Clown tour marks two decades in comedy and starts on 1st October at Colchester Arts Centre. The... more
