The Live Comedy Association (LCA) has announced it has received Arts Council England funding to support a programme of events and activities over the next 10 months. The funding, worth £45,000... more
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Busy times for Michael Sheen. He's currently on Celebrity Traitors (which of course was filmed yonks ago) and also this week he takes over from Richard Osman on House of Games. Which of course was... more
Jimmy Carr's Am I The A**hole? is returning for a second series on Comedy Central. Host Carr will once again be joined by fellow comedian Jamali Maddix and influencer GK Barry on eight hour-long... more
Rowan Atkinson is to return to the stage to perform sketch comedy in 2027.Atkinson, now 71, will star in a run of shows at the Gillian Lynne Theatre and will be doing a mix of new sketches and old... more
Alex Horne and Greg Davies have suggested that Taskmaster might consider line-ups of fictional characters in the future.In an interview with American website Collider to promote the show being... more
The Nominations are in for the 2026 BAFTA Scotland Awards. Ashley Storrie has received a Best Actress Television nomination for her role in Dinosaur as palaeontologist Nina. The hit comedy's... more
Comedian Leigh Francis and Mhairi Black are two of the seven celebrities with differing faiths and beliefs taking part in the new series of Pilgrimage, coming to BBC Two and iPlayer next... more
Mike Jones, the Managing Director of The Stand, is leaving his post. The comedy club chain, which has branches in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Newcastle, issued the following statement:"After 7 years in... more
On this week's show Graham Norton welcomes Hollywood great Sylvester Stallone, Oscar-winning Welsh actor Catherine Zeta-Jones, British actor Andrew Garfield, and rock band Blossoms.Sylvester, talking... more
The winners of the Comedy Poster Awards 2026 have been revealed.Panel Prize: Li Jin Hao: Falling From a Moon Designed by Michael Julings and Tom Sandford, featuring a photo by Rebecca Need-... more
