The Melbourne International Comedy Festival has announced its award winners today.The winner of the highest prize, the prestigious Barry Award for Best Show, is Sam Campbell (pictured).The Best... more
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Hit series The Great British Sewing Bee will return to BBC Two next year with new host, award-winning British comedian Joe Lycett.Over eight weeks amateur sewers will be put to the test and take on... more
Stewart Lee is not taking such a long break from stand-up comedy as was initially thought.On his website earlier this year promoting his April Royal Festival Hall shows it said: "Stewart is 50 years... more
BBC Three has commissioned both a one-off special and a third series of This Country.The second series of the acclaimed mockumentary launched in February 2018 on BBC Three and BBC iPlayer with a slot... more
Two new comedy shows have been commissioned by Radio 4 as part of a major new season of forthcoming programmes which explore the experiences of people and communities across the United Kingdom.... more
The Pleasance has added 126 Shows to its Edinburgh Fringe line-up today. The 2017 lastminute.com Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Newcomer winner Natalie Palamides (pictured) returns to... more
Assembly Festival (1st – 27th August 2018) has announced an additional 76 shows on sale.Some of the biggest names in comedy go on sale today including Jason Byrne (pictured), Andrew... more
Festival of the Spoken Nerd are bringing their latest show You Can’t Polish A Nerd back to London for Spring/Summer 2018. Full of hilarious facts and informative jokes, the trio attempt to find the... more
TV host Dale Winton has died. He was 62.Winton's agent issued a statement confirming the sad, shocking news: “It is with great sadness that we can confirm the passing of Dale Winton who died at... more
Actor Idris Elba is set to front a new comedy for Netflix.Turn Up Charlie is an eight-part series executive produced by Elba and Gary Reich. According to Deadline the show "sees Elba play... more
