The BBC has announced a landmark sitcom season to mark 60 years since Galton and Simpson’s Hancock’s Half Hour started on BBC Television. The season of programming across BBC One, BBC Two... more
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Diet of Worms, the Irish sketch group behind BBC4 comedy The Walshes, is making a pilot for Radio 4. Kült is about a group of five lowly but loveable Irish employees of a massive global... more
Jo Brand is to return as Kim Wilde – her character in Getting On – in Going Forward, a new three-part comedy series that turns the spotlight on domiciliary care, along with the patched-up domestic... more
Rising star Joe Lycett is to record his debut stand-up DVD this May, to be released later this year.The Birmingham comic has just added the filming date to his current That's The Way, A-Ha A-Ha... more
The death of producer Michael White has been announced. He was 80. In comedy circles he was most famous for his work with Monty Python and The Comic Strip.White was a legendary figure in showbusiness... more
George Martin, who has died aged 90, will always be remembered as the man who produced the Beatles. But before working with the Fab Four he was already well-established as the man behind the mixing... more
Alan Partridge is to make his debut on vinyl. He will be immortalised on a picture disc, released by Demon Records especially for Record Store Day 2016.Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge... more
America’s Got Talent winner Paul Zerdin has postponed his UK dates in September and October. He will, however, be appearing on The Las Vegas Strip in an all-new, headlining production... more
Chris Sussman, currently Commissioning Editor for Comedy at the BBC, has been appointed Head of Comedy, BBC Studios. He will be taking up the role from the beginning of April.He will be... more
Comedian Alexis Dubus has made the news in Australia following a Facebook post in which he criticised the current Adelaide Fringe Festival.In his lengthy post he complained about a number of things... more
