Following a successful pilot as a Comedy Feed for BBC Three last year, Man Like Mobeen has been commissioned from Cave Bear Productions. Damian Kavanagh, controller of BBC Three announced the four... more
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Comedian Russell Kane is to host the Manchester Arena's re-opening benefit concert. The event, featuring a stellar line up of top musical acts including Noel Gallagher’s High Flying... more
Maisie Adam has been crowned winner of this year's So You Think You're Funny? competition.First runner-up went to Sarah Mann and 2nd runner-up was Morgan ReesThis is the 30th year of ... more
Shane Allen, Controller, BBC Comedy has confirmed that Alan Partridge will be back on both BBC One and BBC Two.BBC Two will broadcast a 25th anniversary special before the end of the year - a one... more
BBC Entertainment has commissioned Avalon to produce brand new format The Button for BBC One. The show comes from the makers of Taskmaster, Andy Devonshire (The Great British Bake Off, The... more
Mervyn Stutter's Spirit of the Fringe Winners have been announced today. This is the 26th year of these awards. They celebrate "the talent, hard work, pluck and sheer doggedness demanded of... more
Stand up Damian Kingsley says that he has been cautioned for being in breach of section 3 of the Private Security Industry Act 2001. He has recently been going around Fringe venues dressed as a... more
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has marked the final six days of the 2017 Fringe by announcing the outcome of the elections to the Society’s governing body, the Board of Directors.The elections... more
Big Talk Productions and Popper Pictures have been commissioned to produce a fifth series of ‘Friday Night Dinner’ for Channel 4, with Tamsin Greig, Paul Ritter, Simon Bird and Tom Rosenthal... more
Channel 4 Comedy has commissioned ‘Dead Pixels’, a brand new part-live action, part-computer animation series for E4. Based on his 2016 Channel 4 Blap, ‘Avatards’ (pictured), it will be written by... more
