Adam Buxton has been crowned Podcast Champion at the British Podcast Awards. The award recognises the person who has done the most to help and develop podcasts in 2016. The Adam Buxton Podcast... more
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Comedian Simon Amstell will one of the performers featured as part of the BBC's coverage of the Hay Festival.Amstell will be appearing at the literary festival to present his BBC directorial debut... more
Film legend Rutger Hauer has joined the cast of new hospital sitcom Porters, currently being made for Dave. The Blade Runner star plays Tillman, a porter and former golfing prodigy who... more
Ed Byrne returns to the road with his biggest ever tour for his brand new show Spoiler Alert. Byrne says; “I originally intended to call the show “I’ll Millennial You in a Minute”, but my promoter... more
Dillie Keane has been nominated for a prestigious Drama Desk Award for Best Revue. The nomination is for the New York run of Hello Dillie!, performed at the 59E59 venue.Keane, who is best known... more
The date has been confirmed for John Cleese's first-ever attempt at trying his hand at being a BBC Radio disc jockey, which, according to the BBC press release, he discovers isn’t as easy as it... more
Mock The Week is to return to BBC2 as the polls close on General Election night at 10pm on June 8.This will be the show's sixteenth series in twelve years. Among the names lined up to appear... more
Comedian Spencer Jones has filmed a new sitcom pilot for BBC1.He plays the lead role in Mr Winner. Leslie Winner is a hapless but amiable chap prone to accidents. In the pilot episode he... more
Ofcom has confirmed that it will not be investigating complaints from viewers about this year's Comic Relief.The regulator received 338 complaints about this year's show. 117 were for "sexual... more
Channel 4 has greenlit new sitcom Lee & Dean, a five-part series written by Mark O’Sullivan and Miles Chapman, who also star as the eponymous builders Lee and Dean, and co-star Sam Underwood. It... more
