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Les Dennis Joins Only Fools and Horses The Musical Cast
Mange tout! Mange tout! Celebrated comedian and actor Les Dennis is to join the cast of the smash hit West End show Only Fools and Horses The Musical from 3 October, starring as the loveable Grandad.... more
Comedy World Shows Support For Rhod Gilbert
Welsh comedian Rhod Gilbert has issued the following statement on his Facebook page explaining that he is currently being treated in a cancer centre that he is a patron of. "As a proud patron of... more
AI Workshops For Edinburgh Fringe
On Tuesday, July 5 the Live Comedy Association sent an open letter, signed by members of the comedy industry, to the Fringe Society expressing their wider concerns prompted by the recent news that... more
Dave's Edinburgh Comedy Awards – Nominees Announced
Nica Burns, the longstanding Producer and Director of Dave’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards, has unveiled the judging panel for the coveted Awards at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe this August. The... more
Andy Brereton Appointed Senior Commissioning Editor, Comedy, C4
Channel 4 has appointed Andy Brereton as Senior Commissioning Editor, Comedy. Andy will report into newly appointed Head of Comedy Charlie Perkins and joins  Commissioning Editor Laura Riseam... more
TV: Friday Night Dinner, C4
Freevee, Amazon’s premium free streaming service, has ordered Dinner With the Parents, adapted from Channel 4's award winning series written by Robert Popper, Friday Night Dinner, as a straight... more
Big Tour For Eshaan Akbar
Comedian Eshaan Akbar has announced his first ever solo live tour with his brand new show ‘The Pretender’ which kicks off in Bristol on the 23rd of February 2023 and concludes at London’s... more
Kalpna Patel-Knight Appointed In New Head of Entertainment Commissioning Role
Kate Phillips, Director of Unscripted, has announced that Kalpna Patel-Knight will take on the newly created Head of Entertainment commissioning role following an internal restructure of BBC... more
Mo Gilligan To Host BBC Celebrity Game Show
Debuting on BBC One and BBC iPlayer, That’s My Jam is based on the original US show hosted by Jimmy Fallon, which draws inspiration from the wildly popular musical segments on NBC’s The Tonight Show... more
Next Up Reveals Some Of The Edinburgh Fringe Shows It Will Be Live Streaming This August
Comedy streaming site NextUp has revealed some of the Edinburgh Festival shows it will be streaming this August. The biggest arts festival in the world will be beamed straight into people’s living... more
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