The first steering group has been confirmed for the newly formed Live Comedy Association.The LCA is a new body representing the live comedy industry.Established with the aim of providing a network... more
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June Bernicoff, one of the original stars of Channel 4's Gogglebox alongside her husband Leon, has died. She was 82. Her death was not Covid19-related.A statement from the programme's production... more
Celebrity judges, guest stars and the full line-up have been announced for The Showstoppers’ Alternative Eurovision Song Contest.In tribute to this year’s cancelled Eurovision Song Contest,... more
Singer-songwriter and comedian Judith Owen has launched a new series called Super Divas!, starring two of her favorite ‘wonderfully awful’ female characters - narcissistic Greek opera... more
Mark Thomas is doing a lockdown livestream of his 2013 multi-award winning show Bravo Figaro!, followed by a live Q&A, on Thursday 14th May at 7:30pm. Tickets are £5, in exchange for... more
The funeral has taken place of Carol Sarler, who was the first regular newspaper comedy critic in the UK.Sarler died in April. Her death was not Covid19-related, but because of restrictions only... more
The acclaimed Ricky Gervais series After Life is to return for a third series on Netflix.The news was announced today with creator and star Gervais tweeting: "Because so many of you watched #... more
Some of the best bits of Michael McIntyre's recent primetime television shows are to be repackaged and broadcast by BBC One.In Michael McIntyre’s Big Laughs the stand-up star takes a look back... more
Joining Fleabag, Mr Swallow's Houdini, Jen Brister, Nish Kumar and many more, two new shows by Dave’s Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show 2019 winner Jordan Brookes (Bleed, 2018) and 2015 Funny... more
BBC Scotland is to celebrate the life and work of comic icon Billy Connolly.At the heart of a season of programmes will be a new six-part series Billy And Us. The new series, which starts on May 14... more
