Entries are now open for the Amused Moose Comedy Award 2019. This competition, in its ninth year, seeks out the most entertaining breakthrough comedy talent yet to become well known and are therefore 'television ready', who perform in their own solo or sketch or multiple comedian/performer show at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Comedian Stewart Lee is to open for Sleaford Mods at their major show in London this November.
Lee will be doing a set at the Eventim Apollo on November 15.
The comedian, who is currently developing his latest solo show, has often spoken of his admiration for the high energy hard-hitting Nottingham duo.
BBC Two has ordered a full series of The Mind Of Herbert Clunkerdunk. The commission of The Mind Of Herbert Clunkerdunk comes following the success of the Bafta-nominated short form pilot which aired on BBC Two last year as part of the critically-acclaimed Comedy Shorts.
The Gold Channel's quest to find Britain's Greatest Comedian has prompted varied responses from comedy fans and comedians alike.
The final top ten, chosen by the judges Roy Hudd, Sally Phillips, Stephen Mangan. (back row L-R) John Thomson, Darren Harriott, Ronni Ancona, David Quantick, Boyd Hilton, Nina Wadia was as follows:
1. Stan Laurel
2. Victoria Wood
3. Billy Connolly
4. Peter Sellers
5. Eric Morecambe
6. Steve Coogan
tied with...
6. Ricky Gervais
8. Spike Milligan
BAFTA and multi-award-winning Gavin & Stacey, starring Mathew Horne and Joanna Page, s
BBC One has ordered a second series of Ghosts, the top comedy series on UK television so far this year, with a consolidated series average of 3.6m.
The hugely successful house-share sitcom is about a young couple who unexpectedly inherit a grand country estate, only to find it is both falling apart and teeming with the ghosts of former inhabitants.
Daniel Kitson is to perform his latest show Keep in Liverpool and Newcastle.
He will perform it at the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool from September 17 to 21. Buy tickets here. And he will be at Northern Stage (in Newcastle) from October 15 to 19. Buy tickets here.
Amanda Holden has joined the cast of ITV2’s multi award-winning hit comedy PLEBS, with filming of the fifth series commencing in Bulgaria this week. The series will air on ITV2 in autumn 2019. See below.
Holden will play Rufina, a lusty aristocrat at a banquet, who sets her sights onJason, the gate-crashing pleb (played by the returning Jonathan Pointing), making him her plaything for the evening.
Comedian Charlie George has been crowned the winner of this year's LGBT+ New Comedian Of The Year Final.
The final took place at Comedy Bloomers at the Seven Dials Club in Covent Garden and the judges were Jordan Gray, David Morgan and Helen Lederer.
Actor Andrew Hall, who played Russell, the son of Wendy Craig and Geoffrey Palmer in the classic BBC sitcom Butterflies, has died. He was 65.
Hall was also in Eastenders, Brookside, Hollyoaks and Casualty and played Marc Selby in Coronation Street.
He was in Butterflies, which was written by Carla Lane, from 1978 to 1983.
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