BBC Studios is celebrating 40 years of The Radio Comedy Writer’s Bursary, which gives two new writers each year the chance to secure a contract to write for a year across a variety of audio comedy... more
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Award-winning comedian Kiri Pritchard McLean will host the new series of Radio 4 Extra’s satirical sketch show Newsjack, which begins on 7 February 2019.Kiri brings a wealth of experience in radio... more
YouTuber and prankster Ben Phillips has a new book out.In School of Pranks: The Ultimate Pranking Education, Ben dissects the secret ingredients within his world famous viral pranks. The... more
I'm A Celebrity runner-up Emily Atack is going on tour. The tour starts at Birmingham Old Rep on April 11 and currently finishes at the Clapham Grand on May 23.The Inbetweeners star will hit the... more
Following another triumphant month at the Edinburgh Fringe, production company Berk’s Nest has announced that they will be taking over a venue for a weekend of the Whyte & Mackay... more
After the sell-out success of Primary Phase on vinyl, the next 12 BBC radio episodes of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy are now available for purchase and pre-order. The... more
Viacom Digital Studios International (VDSI) has announced two new Comedy Central International short form series, “Bad Cramps” launching today, December 10, and “Laughing at Salad,” which will launch... more
Tributes have been paid to Terence Gibbons, the husband of comedian Abi Roberts who died unexpectedly on November 28, aged 53. Gibbons, Terry to his friends and family, managed Roberts and had... more
Following a sold-out run at 2018’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Ivo Graham is touring Motion Sickness throughout the UK.Ivo is growing up. So, this is his “moving in together” show: his “getting... more
Suzi Ruffell is taking her hit Edinburgh Fringe show Nocturnal on tour around the UK.If you don’t have anxiety, you’re not concentrating! Suzi is worried about everything – from someone breaking... more
