Sitcom writer Carla Lane has died. She was 87.Lane had a number of hits over a lengthy career, including Bread (pictured), Butterflies and The Liver Birds.She was also famous for her love of... more
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Armando Iannucci has announced some of the stars that have been cast in his next full-length film, Death of Stalin. We assume this is all genuine as it isn't April 1.Posting on Twitter Iannucci... more
Rupert Grint, Nick Frost and Golden Globe award-winning Don Johnson are to star in Sick Note, a new comedy about how desperate a person’s actions can become when a lie starts to spiral out... more
Noel Fielding joined Kasabian onstage last night.The Leicester band was playing the first of two sold out hometown gigs at the King Power Stadium in front of 27,000 fans to celebrate their local team... more
The team behind hit sci-fi comedy podcast Strangeness in Space will be making a personal appearance at a London event this summer.Double act Simon and Trevor, Sophie Aldred, Clare Eden, and some... more
The line-up has been announced for the fifth Balham Comedy Festival 2016, which will run at the The Bedford in Balham from 8 – 16 July. With a mix of the best headline acts in the UK and... more
Comedian, radio presenter and obsessive Welsh football fan Elis James is to front a series of digital comedy shorts for Euro 2016, Elis In Euroland will see the comic travel to France to... more
Comedian, actor and DJ Jason Manford has been announced as the headline comedy act at this year's Kendal Calling Festival, which runs from July 28 - 31.Manford will top the bill on the Soapbox Stage... more
Most of the guests have been confirmed for the forthcoming season of Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcasts.The announced guests are as follows. The season actually starts on June 6 but... more
Britain’s favourite silent comedian The Boy With Tape On His Face has appeared on America's Got Talent.The award-winning New Zealand-born performer, whose real name is Sam Wills, appeared in front of... more
