Former Prime Minister Tony Blair will appear alongside The Last Leg hosts Adam Hills, Alex Brooker and Josh Widdicombe as part of The Last Leg: Re-United Kingdom, a two hour special live programme in... more
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Award-winning writer, producer and poet Henry Normal is to be honoured with a BAFTA Special Award at a private event, including an on-stage interview with John Bishop, on 28 June 2017. Normal... more
Comedian and Radio X DJ John Robins is setting out on a UK tour in 2018.The tour starts in Leamington Spa on January 25 and currently ends in Nottingham on March 22.Full John Robins dates and tickets... more
Welsh soccer-mad comedian Elis James is to star in a new sitcom for Radio 4 entitled Ankle Tag. He plays Gruff, a new father whose own father, Bob, suddenly comes back into his life after a long... more
Daniel Kitson, Mark Thomas, Josie Long, Jeremy Hardy, Imran Yusuf and Haydon Prowse are to play a fundraising gig in aid of the Grenfell Tower tragedy.The one-off show will take place at... more
BBC Studios’ Head of Comedy Chris Sussman has appointed James Farrell as Head of Development.Farrell started his career as a script editor in BBC Comedy before becoming a development producer. ... more
Camp Bestival has announced more comedy names joining the previously announced Reginal D Hunter, Gary Delaney and Kerry Godliman. The Festival runs from July 27-30 at... more
Could the BBC's rebooted Big Night Out be more than just one reunion episode?Beyond The Joke has heard that when the show was filmed last night at the Hospital Club in Covent Garden it was... more
BBC Radio 4 has announced the commission of a debut stand-up comedy series from Britain’s Got Talent finalist Daliso Chaponda. In Daliso Chaponda: Citizen of Nowhere (working title) the UK-based... more
The five contestants have been announced for the fifth series of Taskmaster.They are Nish Kumar, Sally Phillips, Bob Mortimer, Aisling Bea and Mark Watson. Meanwhile Noel Fielding has been... more
