This year's Leicester Comedy Festival – going online for the first time – launches tonight.Leicester Comedy Festival started in 1994 with 40 events programmed into 23 venues over 7 days throughout... more
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The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has announced that Professor Sir Timothy O’Shea will step down from his role as Chair of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society Board of... more
BBC iPlayer has secured the rights to stream all three series of the critically-acclaimed UKTV Original comedy series Zapped.Originally commissioned and broadcast for UKTV’s award-winning... more
The second season of the Sky Original comedy series Frayed, written by and starring UK-based Australian comedian Sarah Kendall, has officially commenced filming in Sydney.In the new 6-part... more
Netflix and RED Production Company has announced the new cast joining Stay Close including Eddie Izzard, Jo Joyner (Ackley Bridge, Ordinary Lies), Daniel Francis (... more
A group of professionals from television, film and theatre, brought together by theatre company Moya Productions, have launched ReadThrough – a brand new online play reading service... more
Channel 4’s Head of Comedy, Fiona McDermott, has announced the appointment of Joe Hullait as Commissioning Executive. He will join the channel this month.Fiona McDermott, Head of Comedy at Channel 4... more
Romesh Ranganathan has traded in his garage for a studio for this series but will once again be joined virtually by his focus group, the Ranganation - 20 outspoken characters who represent a cross... more
Red Nose Day is back on Friday 19th March and hopes to bring the UK together (although we may be apart) through laughter and helping others, showing just how powerful humour can be through the... more
BBC Studios has announced two new Staff Writers, Tasha Dhanraj and Rajiv Karia, to work across comedy productions for BBC Studios Audio, including the flagship Radio 4 topical... more
