Science comedy phenomenon Festival of the Spoken Nerd have announced a new tour for Autumn 2017 entitled You Can’t Polish A Nerd. The tour starts on September 20 at Parabola... more
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Superstar prankster Ben Phillips is setting out on a live tour this autumn.His Live Cinematic Experience tour starts at the Brighton Dome on September 28 and currently finishes at the O2 Academy... more
The five acts have been announced for the showcase for 99 Club's inaugural bursary for female comedians. The acts are Maria Shehata, Evelyn Mok, Athena Kugenblu, Lauren Pattison and Arna Spek.A... more
US comedy duo Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett, the team behind the hit Found Footage Festival shows, are facing a legal battle.Last November and again in January 2017, the pair appeared on US local... more
Comedian-turned-chat show host Graham Norton is the BBC's third highest paid star, according to figures released today.In 2016/2017 Norton was paid between £850,000 and £899,999, although that doesn'... more
The BBC has upheld a complaint after Jeremy Paxman made an error during a University Challenge question.In the Celebrity edition which was broadcast last December Paxman attributed Billy Connolly's... more
BBC Three has confirmed that a second series of critically-acclaimed mockumentary sitcom This Country has been commissioned. Later this year the cameras will return to the Cotswold village of... more
Channel 4 has announced High & Dry, a new six-part comedy for E4 which started as a BLAP, the online showcase to develop new programme ideas and future comedy stars.Written by Marc Wootton (... more
Ruth Jones is to make a new sitcom for Radio Wales.Jones (Stella/Gavin & Stacey) will write and star in the new six-part comedy Splott, set in the Cardiff district of the same name.Splott is... more
Britain’s Got Talent star Daliso Chaponda has added an extra 21 dates around the UK to his debut tour due to exceptional demand.His ‘What The African Said…’ tour now takes in 51 dates across the... more
