A pun about Take That missing the ‘Orange’ from their stocking this year has topped a list of the funniest modern festive jokes, with a fifth (20%) of voters choosing it as their favourite. The... more
News
Promoter Bob Slayer's posh pop-up venue in the City of London, Heroes: Grotto of Comedy, was flooded this morning. Slayer explains: "Oh the irony...The day after the Weirdos underwater show ends our... more
The work of the creator of Ali G is to be the subject of an in-depth study in Spring, 2015. A Symposium on the Comedy of Sacha Baron Cohen will take place on March 11 next year at Brunel University... more
London’s Jewish comedy community appears to have split into two sides. According to a story in the Jewish Chronicle Ivor Dembina, who always stages a Jewish Xmas Eve Show, told other comedians that... more
Shappi Khorsandi has added a run of tour dates for Spring 2015 following her UK tour this autumn. The new leg of her Because I'm Shappi tour starts at Cranleigh Arts Centre on February 6 and finishes... more
Ricky Gervais has been nominated for a Golden Globe in the Best Actor, Comedy or Musical Series Category for his performamce in Derek. Also nominated are Louis CK (Louie), Don Cheadle (House of Lies... more
The finalists for the BBC Radio New Comedy Awards have been confirmed. They are Thomas Ward, Lost Voice Guy, Tom Little, Brennan Reece, Hari Sriskantha and Amir Khoshsokhan.The final will take... more
Comedian Nick Helm has confirmed that the second series of his sitcom Uncle will start on BBC3 next February and his own variety show Heavy Entertainment will start in March. He has tweeted the... more
South African comedian Trevor Noah, who was one of the stars of this evening's Royal Variety show on ITV1, is to undertake his biggest UK tour to date in 2015. Noah recently also became a regular... more
Toast of London is to return for a third series. It has been announced today that the C4 sitcom starring Matt Berry as hapless actor and voiceover merchant Steven Toast has been recommissioned.... more
