Legendary comedy writer Neil Shand has died. He was 84.Shand worked regularly with Spike Milliigan for many years, contributing to TV series including his groundbreaking Q series.In a long career he... more
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The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre has won the inaugural Lovehoney Innuendo Best Joke Award at the Bath Comedy Festival.They are pictured here with their award - or maybe it's Donald Trump and... more
Comedy Gavin Webster has set up a late night Saturday night audio show where comedians can tell everyone how their gigs have just gone. The fourth edition of The Comedy Results airs tonight at... more
The Barry Award nominees at this year's Melbourne International Comedy Festival have been announced.They are Natalie Palamides, Helen Bidou (Anne Edmonds), Tim Key, Celia Pacquola, Lano &... more
Channel 4 has commissioned a pilot, Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back, from Rumpus Media with comedian Joe Lycett dishing out a hilarious dose of consumer justice on behalf of the people of the UK.Known for... more
There is to be a one-off screening in London of Oxide Ghosts: The Brass Eye Tapes, the documentary about the work of Chris Morris featuring previously unseen footage.Made from hundreds of hours of... more
Jo Brand is to front a new medical quiz on BBC Two. Britain’s Best Junior Doctors pits teaching hospitals from far and wide against each other as a host of junior doctors put their new found... more
Comedian Stephen Bailey will be appearing regularly on Zoe Ball's new weekend chat show on ITV1.The show will go out on Saturday and Sunday mornings at 8.30am from April 14 and Bailey will be making... more
Comedian Freddy Quinne has released his full-length show for fans to watch online.The Preston stand-up filmed Quite The Catch at Liverpool's Hot Water Club last autumn.He funded the making of it... more
Actor Alex Beckett, best known to TV fans for his roles in W1A and Twenty Twelve has died. He was 35 years old.He was currently appearing in The Way Of The World at the Donmar Warehouse. His agent... more
