One of the most exciting break out stars in British comedy, Tez Ilyas, joins Channel 4 this summer with The Tez O’Clock Show, a late-night satirical comedy show.
A new sponsor has been announced for the most important prize in live comedy, the Edinburgh Comedy Awards. The new sponsor is digital TV channel Dave.
The BBC has commissioned a new TV series starring comedian Mark Nelson.
The Scottish stand-up will front the six-part series Bad Influencer, being made for BBC Scotland. In the show he will be joined for each episode by two guests from the comedy world to look through the funniest social media posts relating to a range of topics, "from family and friends to dogs and the Scottish diet."
Actor Michael Sleggs, who played Slugs in BBC comedy This Country has died. The 33-year-old had revealed he had terminal cancer earlier this year.
Sleggs died last night and tributes have started coming in from friends and fans of the award-winning acclaimed mockumentary series.
Roisin Conaty’s award winning GameFace returns for a second series. Conaty stars as Marcella, an aspiring actress with a chaotic life and big dreams. We find her on the brink of yet another driving test and with her acting career at a new, humiliating, low. As her friends and family move on with their lives and relationships, she can’t ignore the sinking feeling she’s being left behind… but with characteristic chutzpah she’s determined to turn her luck around.
The first images and a trailer have been released to promote new Sky comedy Brassic. The series stars Joe Gilgun, Michelle Keegan, Ruth Sheen, Tim Key (pictured looking daft) and Dominic West (pictured looking serious) and will air on Sky One and NOW TV from 22nd August.
The title comes from the work brassic, which is slang, coming from boracic lint, rhyming with skint.
Comedian Mark Maier has won the Petfringe Final, which claims to offer the winner the biggest cash prize in stand-up – £10,001 - a pound more than the Edinburgh Comedy Award.
Organiser Andy Stedman said that this year's competition in Petworth, Sussex "was probably the best line-up and set of performances I’ve seen in one room on the same night."
Rebecca Humphries has spoken about coercive control at the House of Commons.
Humphries made headlines last year when she split from comedian Seann Walsh, following pictures in the tabloids of Walsh and his Strictly Come Dancing partner Katya Jones kissing.
Roisin Conaty has revealed the launch date of the second series of GameFace.
Her hit sitcom will return to Channel 4 on July 17 at 10pm.
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