Tedfest, the annual celebration of all things Father Ted-related, will be returning to London this summer for the second year, and there will also be an event in Edinburgh. This is in addition to the... more
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The Wrong Mans, Detectorists, Harry & Paul’s Story of the Twos and Moone Boy are the nominations for Best Scripted Comedy in the Bafta TV Awards, announced today.The Best Female performance in a... more
E4 has announced two new comedy commissions entitled Tripped and Aliens. In Tripped, The Inbetweeners star Blake Harrison plays Danny, an average 24-year-old who has been friends with... more
Ben Miller and Hugh Dennis are to star in Ballot Monkeys, a new topical C4 comedy being written to tie in with the General Election.The writers are Drop The Dead Donkey and Outnumbered creators Andy... more
The Stand has announced its first batch of Edinburgh Fringe shows. Among the highlights this August are Katherine Ryan, Simon Munnery, Stephen K Amos, Mark Watson, Paul Sinha, Alun Cochrane and Mitch... more
Tony Law and Alex Horne have been confirmed as the first two major guests playing the inaugural Barnard Castle Festival. The Festival will take place in the County Durham town on July 18. Law... more
Comedian and impressionist Alistair McGowan it to play Jimmy Savile in a new play which explores the disgraced DJ's crimes.An Audience with Jimmy Savile is written by writer/reporter Jonathan... more
Breaking News 21/4/15: As rumoured below, Groundhog Day will now premiere in London at the Old Vic in June 2016. Tickets will go on sale in September. To be the first to hear about tickets going on... more
David Mitchell is to star as William Shakespeare in a pilot recording of a new situation comedy about the life of the nation's best-loved bard before he became famous. It is entitled Upstart... more
Alan Davies As Yet Untitled is set to return to TV channel Dave for a third series.Comedy website The British Comedy Guide has reported that the series, in which Davies chats to guests and then comes... more
