Graham Norton Show Guests This Week

On the first show of 2025 (10th January), Graham welcomes Night Manager star Tom Hiddleston, Oscar-winner Brie Larson, actor and singer Billy Porter, Strictly host Claudia Winkleman, and singer-songwriter Myles Smith. 

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Cast Announced For Motherland Spin-Off Amandaland

Following three series of the BAFTA award-winning series Motherland produced by Merman, Amandaland which focuses on the character of Amanda played by Lucy Punch, is coming to BBC One and iPlayer in February.

Leading the cast as previously announced are Lucy Punch as Amanda, Joanna Lumley as Felicity and Philippa Dunne as Anne.

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Graham Norton Show New Year's Eve Special – Sneak Preview

In his traditional, much-loved New Year’s Eve show Graham looks back at some of the most memorable stories, people, and events of 2024 and welcomes showman Robbie Williams, Oscar-winner Rami Malek, Strictly judge Motsi Mabuse, and top comic John Bishop.

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Chris McCausland To Deliver Channel 4’s Alternative Christmas Message – Read It Here

Comedian and Strictly Come Dancing winner, Chris McCausland, will use Channel 4’s Alternative Christmas Message to personally urge employers to tackle discrimination of disabled people and for improvements to be made to the government-backed grant, Access to Work, that covers access costs for disabled people in employment. 

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World Premiere Of Taskmaster 19 To Be In New York

After making their American debut earlier this year with an event that sold out in minutes and saw fans travelling from far and wide to attend, the almighty Taskmaster Greg Davies and his diligent Assistant (and show creator) Alex Horne have announced they will return to New York to host the world premiere of the first episode of the brand-new Taskmaster season 19.

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Eddie Kadi, Michelle de Swarte and Munya Chawawa Guest In TV Version Of Crongton Adapted By Archie Maddocks

BBC Children’s and Education and New Pictures (an All3Media Company) has revealed the cast and a first look at the upcoming series CRONGTON, a new ten-part comedy-drama for BBC iPlayer written by the award-winning writer and comedian Archie Maddocks and based on the best-selling British novels by Alex Wheatle.

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Edinburgh Fringe Society Raises Ticket Commission Fees

In advance of show registration for the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe opening on Monday 13 January, the Fringe Society is implementing some changes for next year’s festival, adjusting fees and commissions as follows:

Fringe Box Office fee rebate

Since 2022 the Fringe Society has operated a fee rebate process after payout, redistributing a share of the revenue from Fringe Society box office booking fees, which are paid by audiences, and retaining only what is required to provide services to the Fringe. 

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Chris McCausland Wins Strictly

As widely predicted, comedian Chris McCausland has won this year's Strictly Come Dancing along with his dancing partner Dianne Buswell.

McCausland, who was the long-running show's first blind contestant, impressed both the judges and the public, who voted for him.

He said after the victory that his win was for Dianne "and for everyone out there who's got told they couldn't do something or thought they couldn't do it...It just shows with opportunity and support and determination, anything can happen."

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Comedy Store To Expand Across UK In Deal With Live Nation

Live Nation, the world’s leading live entertainment company, has announced an exclusive franchise agreement with The Comedy Store UK, paving the way for the creation of purpose-built comedy venues across the United Kingdom.

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London Run For Hannah Platt

Hannah Platt debuted at the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe at the Pleasance Courtyard to critical acclaim with her show ‘Defence Mechanism’. She was nominated for four awards including NextUp’s Biggest Award in Comedy and the Comedian’s Choice Awards Best Debut.

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