The nominations for the BAFTA Television Awards have been announced. Nominees include Bridget Christie, Joe Lycett and Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan. It could be a busy night for Beckett and Ranganathan as they are also hosting the awards, which will be broadcast on BBC One on May 12.
See the comedy-related categories below. For a full list of nominations click here.
Following two sold out runs in London’s West End at the Lyric Theatre and the Gielgud Theatre, and off the back of a sold out 41-date national tour, Frank Skinner returns to the Gielgud Theatre in the West End this Summer with his acclaimed new stand-up show ’30 Years of Dirt’ for three weeks from Monday 5th August.
Tickets go on general sale from Friday 22nd March at 10am here.
Keep It Light Media has announced the launch of their first scripted podcast, Dial F For Football, starring Lolly Adefope, Fergus Craig, Jessica Fostekew and Helen Cripps and featuring cameos from UK comedy royalty including Alan Davies, Ed Gamble, James Acaster, Lou Sanders, Ben Bailey-Smith and Phil Wang.
Fern Brady is releasing her latest show ‘Autistic Bikini Queen’ as a Netflix Original Comedy Special on the 22nd April 2024. Filmed in Bristol, the special features Brady’s last tour show, which had sell-out runs across the UK, Ireland and Australia. Produced by IAM and distributed by Netflix, the special will be available for global release on Netflix.
The BBC has released a selection of first look images for brand new comedy, Dinosaur. The latest series from Two Brothers Pictures, the team behind Fleabag and the global hit thriller The Tourist.
The six-part series, created by Matilda Curtis and Ashley Storrie, was filmed and set in Glasgow and will be on BBC Scotland and BBC Three next month.
Following huge demand and sell-out shows across the UK and Ireland, Sam Campbell is adding extra dates to his Wobservations tour. These added dates will be the final performances before Campbell retires the show.
Comedy superstar John Bishop is adding extra dates to his ‘Back At It’ UK and Ireland stand-up tour following phenomenal demand for tickets.
Comedy star Vicki Pepperdine (Poor Things, Getting On, Dear Joan and Jericha) will appear alongside Kiell Smith-Bynoe (Ghosts, Stath Lets Flats, Taskmaster, Man Like Mobeen) and Dan Skinner (Shooting Stars, This Time with Alan Partridge, The Kennedys) in a new production of Nikolai Gogol’s satirical masterpiece, THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR, premiering at the Marylebone Theatre from 3 May – 15 June 2024, with
Quickfire comic Rob Beckett back on the road with a brand new show called Giraffe. His tour starts on November 19, 2024 at Chatham Central Theatre and currently finishes at the London Palladium on February 14, 2026.
The 38-year-old Londoner is one of the most in-demand comedians in the UK.
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