Sue Perkins is to be the new host of Just A Minute.As a recent guest host and 58-time panellist, Sue is primed to rule on cases of hesitation, repetition or deviation. She takes the host’s chair for... more
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Harry Hill and Mark Thomas are among the names confirmed to be appearing at the SHEDINBURGH Fringe Festival this August. The daily online festival will include a mix of Fringe favourites,... more
Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee and star of Live At The Apollo Sara Barron will embark on her first ever tour of the UK with 30 performances of her acclaimed show Enemies Closer. The tour... more
Ghosts, Michaela Coel, Dua Lipa, and Grayson Perry are among the winners of The South Bank Sky Arts Awards.The other two nominees in the comedy category were Netflix's Feel Good and C4's Home.... more
The Funny Women Stage Award sponsored by Sky Studios submission videos have been viewed, reviewed, and scored by both Funny Women and independent judges. There was a record number of... more
The nationwide talent search is on the hunt for the best new stand-up comics. And for the first time in the show’s history there will be two new categories, Young Comic (under 18’s) and Digital... more
BBC Two has commissioned When Ruby Met... a reflection on some of the most impactful celebrity interviews of the 1990s.In the early 1990s Ruby Wax smashed out of the TV studio and rewrote the rule... more
Legendary Liverpool comedian Tom O'Connor has died.He was 81 and had had Parkinson's Disease for a number of years. The Bootle-born former maths teacher broke through on Opportunity Knocks... more
Countdown Dictionary Corner wordsmith Susie Dent has revealed why some people thought she might have been drunk on a TV appearance.The Mirror has reported that Dent said: "The thing that visibly... more
Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Jordan Brookes has his own radio series. Jordan Brookes: On...starts on BBC Radio 4 on July 28 at 11pm and runs over four Wednesdays.In Jordan’s own words: “Ever since I... more
