Following the sudden death of Brian Pern in a segway mistake, BBC Four is to broadcast a special documentary, dedicated to the musician, celebrating his life and work. The one-off will be directed by... more
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Ricky Gervais has announced the first American, Canadian and European dates for Humanity, his first worldwide stand-up tour in seven years. 2017 marks the comedian’s return to stand-up on... more
News: Radio Shows for Enfield/Whitehouse, Romesh Ranganathan, Tim Vine, Barbara Nice, Cardinal Burns
BBC Radio 2 is to air a batch of new comedy pilots in March including shows featuring Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse, Romesh Ranganathan, Tim Vine, Barbara Nice and Cardinal Burns.Lewis Carnie,... more
New three-part comedy thriller Ill Behaviour, written by BAFTA-award winner Sam Bain (Peep Show, Fresh Meat), will premiere on BBC iPlayer later this year before being broadcast on BBC Two.It... more
Comic Relief has launched a new ‘Comic Relief Originals’ YouTube comedy series.The footage released today, spoofing a Comic Relief brainstorming session, kicks off the series. It stars upcoming... more
Actor/comedian Omid Djalili is to star in a new stage version of Fiddler on the Roof.The production will be part of the new season of plays at the Chichester Festival under artistic director... more
Jason Simms has been appointed new director of drama and comedy at Sky Vision, the production and distribution arm of Sky. He will take up the role on March 20 and will report to managing director of... more
Comic Relief has announced the start of filming for Red Nose Day Actually by writer and director Richard Curtis. The short film revisits the characters of hit movie Love Actually by Curtis to... more
Filming has begun on the new BBC One comedy, Hospital People. Familiar faces appearing in the fictional Brimlington Hospital through the series will include Sally Phillips (Miranda), Russell... more
BBC Store, the digital download-to-own service, has released some rarely seen and previously unavailable-to-buy episodes of classic comedy series The Goodies starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme... more
