Winner of Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show and Best Newcomer and four-time Chortle Award nominee John Kearns is set to embark on his biggest UK tour yet from 11th October and a run at Soho Theatre from 25th November with brand new show Double Take and Fade Away, following a run at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Tickets are now on sale.
Laura Kennedy has joined the Avalon Group as the company’s chief executive officer and a member of the Board of Directors. Avalon’s founders Jon Thoday and Richard Allen-Turner will become Co-Executive Chairmen of the company. The company represents some of the biggest names in comedy including David Baddiel, Al Murray and Russell Howard.
ITV2 show Don't Hate The Playaz looks set to make history with the second episode of their second series, which airs at 10pm on Wednesday, October 2.
One of the panelists Sophie Duker had tweeted that it is the "first ever UK telly panel made up entirely of black women."
The panellists are Maya Jama (captain), Sabrina Washington and regular London Hughes taking on Lady Leshurr (captain), Sophie Duker and Ms Banks.
Appropriately it is currently Black History Month.
The transmission date has been confirmed for the new series Upright, starring Tim Minchin and Milly Alcock. It is set to air on 28th November on Sky Atlantic and NOW TV.
Also written by Minchin, Upright follows two misfits thrown together by chance in the middle of the Australian desert, who forge the unlikeliest of bonds in their quest to get a precious piano from one side of the country to the other.
Adam Hills, Reece Shearsmith, Terry Alderton, Ben Bailey Smith, Dave Cohen, Dave Fulton and John Hegley are among the stars set to take part in a special night marking what would have been Sean Hughes' 54th birthday.
British comedian Will Mars has been selected to appear at the forthcoming Big Sky comedy festival in Montana. The five-day event is Montana's biggest comedy festival. 28 comedians are selected from all over America and Mars is the only international one in the line-up.
The core of the festival comprises a competition attended by some of the biggest talent scouts from across America. These industry professionals include decision makers from CBS, NBC, Comedy Central, The Tonight Show and many more.
In an increasingly crowd marketplace Gossipmongers is easily the most masturbation-and-fingering-fixated puerile podcast I've ever come across. And that's not a euphemism."
It is presented by Joe Wilkinson, David Earl and Poppy Hillstead and in each episode they read out unsubstantiated rumours sent in by listeners.
Chris Ramsey has moved up the Strictly Come Dancing leaderboard after his cartwheeling Charleston on Saturday night, but his efforts have taken their toll on his body.
Classic satirical show Spitting Image looks set to return.
According to an interview given to the Guardian by co-creator Roger the show is set to return featuring an S&M-clad Vladimir Putin, "Meghan Markle wearing a glittery 'princess”' T-shirt and a puppet of Donald Trump whose tweets are composed by his anus."
A pilot has been filmed and the producers are looking to air the show in America.
Celebrity Juice is back for a brand new series with a brand new line-up Host Keith Lemon is joined by new team captain Mel B and returning captain Holly Willoughby for more fun and games.
In the first episode the guests are James Blunt, TV presenter and original Essex boy Mark Wright, stand-up sensation Katherine Ryan, and Good Morning Britain’s Richard Arnold.
Celebrity Juice, Thursdays from October 10, ITV2, 10pm.
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