Catherine Tate is to return to TV. She will star in a new one-off comedy being made for Gold entitled Do Not Disturb set in a boutique hotel in Stratford-upon-Avon.Tate will be joined by Miles Jupp... more
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The two winners of the Comedy Posters Awards 2015 were announced last night at an event at the Assembly Checkpoint.Tom Parry was chosen as winner by the judges panel, while Michael Stranney &... more
In a civilised if occasionally heated debate yesterday entitled That's Not Funny! Are Offence-Seekers Killing Comedy? comedians and writers took part in a talk about the rise of political... more
Richard Herring has launched a new Kickstarter campaign to help to pay for the filming of the eighth series of Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre Podcasts.There will be up to 20 episodes in... more
Actor Stephen Lewis, best known for his role as garage inspector Cyril "Blakey" Blake in the ITV sitcom On the Buses, has died aged 88.He reprised Blakey in the sitcom Don't Drink The Water in which... more
British indie movie SuperBob is to get a theatrical and video-on-demand release.The film is directed by Jon Drever and stars Brett Goldstein (Derek, Hoff the Record, Uncle, Drifters and... more
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical is to get its first full West End run. In the cult impro show audience suggestions are transformed instantly into all-singing, all-dancing shows with... more
Andrew Lawrence has criticised the left wing dominance of the current comedy scene in a piece published in today's Times.The piece is behind the Times paywall online, but in it Lawrence revisits... more
Comedians Cariad Lloyd and Jenny Bede have made a pop video spoof to fight the 5% VAT on tampons.Bad Blood is a send-up of Taylor Swift with the lyrics changed to criticise Chancellor George Osborne... more
Writer David Nobbs, the creator of Reggie Perrin, has died, aged 80. While Nobbs was best known for his novel featuring disgruntled salary man Perrin and the subsequent BBC sitcom starring... more
