The second annual UK Pun Championship has been launched by TV channel Dave, as part of their continued support of Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival. The Championships will take... more
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Alan Carr has announced a major UK tour for 2015. The BAFTA and British Comedy Award winning comedian, author and chat show supremo returns to his stand up roots with his‘Yap, Yap, Yap!’... more
Some of Britain’s best comedians are to go head-to-head to win the award for ‘Britain’s Best Toilet Joke’. Milton Jones, Lucy Porter, Arthur Smith, Helen Lederer, Paul Foot, ... more
Eric Bana will star alongside Ricky Gervais in a new satirical comedy drama, Special Correspondents, written and directed by Gervais. Bana will play a struggling New York-based radio... more
A previously unseen sitcom pilot made in 2006 and written by Peep Show writers Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong has been upload onto YouTube. Modern Men has an all-star cast including Reece Shearsmsith,... more
A gig in a Bolton pub had to be cancelled last night when a Land Rover crashed through the wall of the venue where it was due to take place. Comedian Ian Fox was one of the acts due to perform at the... more
Musical comedian Vikki Stone is planning to enter the competition to represent the United Kingdom in the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest. Stone told Beyond The Joke about her plans. "The BBC... more
Primetime stand-up show Live at the Apollo returns to BBC1 this November with six new shows. This will be the tenth series of the series that has given major mainstream breaks to the likes of Michael... more
Motivational guru L Vaughan Spencer has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund his new live DVD, entitled Don’t Be Needy Be Succeedy. Spencer is recording the show at the Comedy Store in London on... more
Andrew Lawrence has posted an update on his Facebook page attempting to clarify his position following his controversial remarks about women “posing-as-comics” and immigration.Lawrence opens his post... more
