Just For Laughs has revealed Loto-Québec as a signature partner of the 2025 Just For Laughs Montréal Festival. Loto-Québec reinforces its commitment alongside the world's biggest comedy festival, which has welcomed tens of millions of festivalgoers over more than 40 years, and whose group has now amassed over 70 million subscribers on its various digital platforms.
Comedy Musician Jazz Emu has announced the release of Ego Death, a genre-straddling thirty-minute comedy music video which will accompany his upcoming album.
Jim Howick (Ghosts), Angela Griffin (The Wives), Marcus Brigstocke (The Unbelievable Truth), Steven Hartley (Happy Valley), Elizabeth Carling (Hotel Portofino), Michael Salami (Supacell) and Dex Lee (Doctors), will all spend Christmas in the Caribbean as they star in this year’s Christmas special of Red Planet Pictures’ Death in Paradise, coming to BBC iPlayer and BBC One this festive season.
The BBC has recommissioned BAFTA award-winning comedy series, Dinosaur. The series won Writer Film/Television for Ashley Storrie and Matilda Curtis whilst Ashley Storrie also took home the Audience Award: Favourite Scot on Screen at the BAFTA Scotland Awards on Sunday.
Made by Two Brothers Pictures (Fleabag, The Tourist), and produced in association with All3Media International for BBC Three, BBC iPlayer and BBC Scotland in the UK, the new 6x30” series will commence production in 2025.
Never mind the Baftas. Hot on the heels of the success of the second series of Alma's not Normal, Sophie Willan gets the ultimate accolade. She is a contestant on Richard Osman's House of Games alongside Cheryl Baker, Chris Bavin and fellow comedian Axel Blake.,
The finalists have been announced for the Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year 2024.
The final takes place on Sunday 8 December at 7pm at Leicester Square Theatre.
Buy tickets here.
And the finalists are:
Actor Timothy West has died. He was 90.
In a long acting career he played a number of major straight dramatic roles such as Bolingbroke in Richard II and notched up appearances in Macbeth and Day of the Jackal, but also featured in a number of comedies including Not Going Out where he played the original Geoffrey Adams and Inside No 9. He was one of the stars of the very first Inside No 9 episode, Sardines (pictured). He was also one of the few actors to appear in both EastEnders and Coronation Street.
James Acaster's latest show Hecklers Welcome is set to premiere on November 23 on HBO Max.
No UK broadcast date has been announced.
A version of the show that he toured widely has recently been released as a limited edition vinyl edition. Details here.
The new live DVD from Mock the Week star Rhys James completely sold out on the day of release within 90 minutes of going on sale.
This is rather less impressive however when you learn that there was only one copy available.
To mark the launch of Spilt Milk one DVD was hidden in a mystery charity shop* where it was on sale for 50p.
Al Murray's precious Pub Landlord outfit has been stolen. Murray is currently on tour and his rented silver Mercedes was broken into. The rear window was smashed and goods including the stage outfit were taken.
Murray broke the news on social media: "Congratulations to the thief who will soon be dressing up as the Pub Landlord. "
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