The BBC New Comedy Award final has taken place at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, compered by Mark Watson.Previous winners include Josie Long, Marcus Brigstocke, Alan Carr, Paul Foot, Nina Conti, Rhod... more
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Sarah Keyworth has been awarded a Herald Angel Award for her debut show Dark Horse.The Nottingham-born rising star’s new show at the Pleasance is a semi-autobiographical tale about discovering her... more
The three-week issue between Virgin Media and UKTV has been resolved and channels such as Dave and Gold will be available again to around four million people.This means subscribers to Virgin Media... more
The finalists have been revealed for the Amused Moose New Comic Award 2018.After qualifying heats, quarter finals and semi finals it is down to the last nine acts. Previous finalists have... more
Demon Records is to release ‘Special Stuff’, The League Of Gentlemen’s vinyl cuts Box Set. This will include the original BBC radio series and every episode of the first three TV series presented on... more
Comedian Rowan Atkinson has defended Boris Johnson's joke about burqa-wearers resembling letterboxes.Atkinson, who is about to star in the film Johnny English Strikes Again (pictured), has written... more
The BBC has announced the recommission of hit series The Misadventures Of Romesh Ranganathan, promising more adventure, more laughs and most likely many more mishaps along the way. Mortimer And... more
David Brindley, Head of Commissioning, Popular Factual and Factual Entertainment, and Patrick Holland, Controller, BBC Two, has announced the recommission of hit series Mortimer And Whitehouse: Gone... more
Comedian Olaf Falafel's latest children's book is published today. Old MacDonald Heard A Parp from the Past is published by Harper Collins.Having previously investigated a host of strange noises... more
Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse: Gone Fishing has been crowned overall Champion in the Radio Times poll. The BBC2 series beat the other genre winners Versailles, Derry Girls and Shadowhunters in a... more
