Daniel Sloss is the only UK comic to make the Best Comedy Specials list compiled by US website The Interrobang. Fans can now vote for their favourite out of this year's list.
Sloss is nominated for his two hard-hitting comedy specials released last autumn, Dark and Jigsaw.
I don't know what it says about the times we are living in but comedy seems to have slipped into all sorts of programmes this year. Was Black Mirror a comedy? Killing Eve? Patrick Melrose? A Very English Scandal? All of these great shows could have figured in a broader list but I've kept my choices to more traditional comedies. Using the word traditional in the broadest of senses too. And as for stand-up specials, a listicle devoted to them will follow...
Let's be honest, you watched the live edition of Not Going Out hoping that the scenery would fall on Lee Mack didn't you? Or at least that something memorable would go wrong. In fact it nearly all went absolutely right. The only fluffed line seemed to be from Lucy (Sally Bretton) at the start – assuming it was an accident – and even then Lee Mack showed how quick his wits are by making a rapid response joke about it.
The International Emmy Awards nominated Urban Myths has been greenlit for a third series on Sky Arts. The next episode of the anthology series to be announced sees students from the National Film and Television School (NFTS) taking over the creative reigns. The series three instalment, Bleak House Guest, stars Stephen Mangan as Charles Dickens and will air in spring 2019.
Looking for a last minute gift that won't take up too much room under the Christmas tree? 2019 looks like a bumper year for comedy tours. The biggest one should have been Peter Kay's tour, but that was cancelled. Instead we have the following – in no particular order – to look forward to.
The Sky original production Sick of It is set to return to our screens as a second series of the scripted comedy gets greenlit. The scripted series, written by Karl Pilkington and Richard Yee, his long-time producer and director, will air late 2019 on Sky One and NOW TV.
Comedian Mark Nelson had a narrow escape last night when his car caught fire while he was at the wheel.
Fortunately Nelson was on his own in the car at the time, so nobody was harmed, but he was understandably shaken up.
But as well as the damage to the car the boot was full of Christmas presents and his suit, all of which are now ruined.
The performers have been announced for 2019's prestigious comedy competitions and events at Leicester Comedy Festival. The comedians will perform in competitions including Silver Stand Up, Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year Competition, UK Pun Championships and the Circuit Breakers showcase. All the shows will be part of Leicester Comedy Festival which takes place from 6-24 February 2019. Full details about the festival can be obtained by visiting
Sara Pascoe has announced the finale of her critically acclaimed LadsLadsLads tour with two shows at the London Palladium. Sara will bring her smash hit show to the iconic venue on 10th March 2019 following a sell-out UK tour and West End run. Tickets for the shows – which will be filmed for release at a later date – are on sale now at link below.
Intelligence is a new Sky original production set in the UK’s Government Communications Headquarters, a weedier, geekier, more bureaucratic version of MI5 and MI6.
The six-part series is a workplace comedy series based in Cheltenham and set in the UK’s highly regarded Government Communications Headquarters. When a power-hungry, maverick NSA agent (Schwimmer) comes over to join an inept and tactless computer analyst (Mohammed) and a newly-formed team tackling cybercrime, everything they know is shaken up.
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