Simon Evans Announces Rescheduled Tour Dates

Simon Evans’ postponed dates have been rescheduled again. His The Work of the Devil tour now starts up again this May.

Evans' last tour, Genius 2.0, provided a hilarious analysis of the departure of any visible sign of intelligence from modern life. But his new show raises the stakes, with his usual excoriating views of a world on fire – given a perspective shift due to personal revelations that have recently turned his world upside down. 

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BBC Head Of Comedy Leaves And Forms New Company

Shane Allen, BBC’s Director of Comedy, has confirmed he is leaving to team up with recently departed Head of Comedy Commissioning Kate Daughton to launch a new outfit specialising in scripted comedy and comedy drama, backed by Lookout Point

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Dave Announces Bunch Of New Comedies Featuring Richard Ayoade, Tom Allen and David Mitchell And A Diverse Batch of Brilliant New Comics

Award-winning comedy channel Dave has announced a batch of new comedies featuring comedy performers including The following will all air on Dave later this year.

 

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Baroness Warsi Appears On Have I Got News For You

Richard Ayoade guest presents the seventh episode of the 61st series of Have I Got News For You, on Friday 21st May, at 9.00pm - it will be his sixth time in the host's chair. Joining the actor and comedian as the two guest panellists will be broadcaster and writer Richard Osman and the former co-Chairwoman of the Conservative Party Baroness Warsi, alongside team captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton.

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C4 To Make "Darkly Funny" Prison Series

Channel 4 has announced the cast joining Screw, a new drama from STV Studios, by BAFTA nominated writer Rob Williams (The Victim, Killing Eve). This is prison as never seen before - the uncensored, shocking and often darkly funny reality of life as a prison officer in an all-male prison in 21st century Britain.

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Johnny Vegas And Bev Dixon Talk About Carry On Glamping

Glamping is on the rise in Britain and Johnny Vegas, award-winning comedian and entertainer wants to create a cool glamping site. Together with his long-suffering assistant Bev, he sets about buying an old Maltese bus online. It seems a bargain, but all is not as it seems...

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Transmission Date For New Series Of Breeders With Martin Freeman and Daisy Haggard

Following the acclaimed first series Sky Original comedy Breeders starring Emmy and BAFTA-winning Martin Freeman (Fargo, Sherlock, Black Panther) and International Emmy and BAFTA-nominated Daisy Haggard (Back to Life, Episodes, Black Mirror) returns to Sky One and streaming service NOW on Thursday 27 May. All ten episodes will be available on demand.

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The Jonathan Ross Show Guests Tonight

I wrote a think-piece recently about how Jonathan Ross has been so good for supporting stand-up comedy on his TV shows. Not only did he front a stand-up comedy series during the bleak days of the first lockdown, but he has consistently given breaks to up and coming comics such as Desiree Burch on his mainstream Saturday night chat show.

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New Comedy Club Hits The Road Showcasing Top Talent

Artist management company RBM has announced a brand-new show that will tour England's regional art centres this summer. (Back) On The Road Comedy Club is a brand new show which will see a host of rotating comedians travelling around the country getting the nation laughing again in real life. No Zoom link required!

New Tour For Fin Taylor

Fin Taylor is heading out on a new tour, entitled So My Wife...

After the year we’ve had, he just wants to make the whole crowd laugh. But is that even possible anymore? With half the country complaining how comedy’s too PC and the other half whining that it’s not PC enough, how do we get everyone on board?

Fin says he is going back to the old ways. He’s going to put on a suit and tell jokes about his wife. We can't tell if he is joking.

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