One Off Special For There She Goes

Filming has started on a special episode of the acclaimed BBC comedy drama, There She Goes starring David Tennant and BAFTA award winning Jessica Hynes, produced by Merman.

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Manchester Comedy Club Moves To New Venue

XS Malarkey, Manchester’s long running, multi award winning independent comedy club described as “The best comedy club in the world” by Joe Lycett, is excited to be moving to a new venue as it begins its second quarter century as the North’s best loved stand-up venue. 

As a lovely moving present it won Best Independent Comedy Club for the fourth time in a row (that is a 100% record) at the North West Comedy Awards last night.

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Comedy Special For Jamie Demetriou

Netflix have commissioned A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou, a comedy special written by and starring quadruple BAFTA winner Jamie Demetriou and produced by BBC Studios Productions and Guilty Party Pictures.

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Gone In Seconds – Demand For Tiny Michael McIntyre Show Swamps Venue

Demand for a Michael McIntyre show at a small theatre with 110 seats somewhat exceeded capacity.

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Comedians Sign Up For Celebrity Bridge Of Lies

Ross Kemp is heading back to BBC One to host a new series of hit quiz show Bridge of Lies – and this time, he’s taking on Saturday nights.

The series – which became the BBC’s best-performing new daytime quiz show of the previous 12 months when it first aired in March 2022 – will see this celebrity special on from 6.05pm from Saturday 14 January, with teams of celebrity contestants competing for the first time. 

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Prince Harry Interview Sends Twitter Crazy

The ITV interview with Prince Harry was trending on Twitter before the programme was even broadcast with the hashtag #HarryTheInterview. The exclusive programme coincides with the publication of Prince Harry's book entitled Spare. In the controversial talk with Tom Bradby Prince Harry discussed taking drugs, mushrooms and cocaine, his relationship with his older brother William and much more.

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New Series New Line Up Revealed For Comedy Central Live

Comedy Central has announced the return of Comedy Central Live.

Shot across four nights in October 2022, each episode of the new series spotlights one of the UK’s hottest up-and-coming stand-up talents as they take to the stage at Islington’s iconic comedy institution, the Pleasance Theatre.

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Applications Open For Best In Class 2023

The award winning, crowdfunded, profit sharing show champions the talent of working class comedians. Best in Class were awarded the Edinburgh Comedy Awards Panel Prize for their work in 2022.

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Arthur Smith's Edinburgh Hit Transfers To London

Arthur Smith’s show My First 75 Years In Comedy will transfer to Pleasance London in March 2023. Following a sold out and acclaimed run at the Edinburgh Fringe this year, London audiences will be able to catch up with Arthur as he reminisces about his many years visiting the Fringe, his stand up career and the adventures he has had along the way.

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Darren Harriott – "I could have been one of those kids who killed somebody or was killed"

Comedian Darren Harriott has spoken frankly about his one-time membership of a gang and how his life could have so easily gone in a different direction. In an interview with Chris Harvey in the Telegraph the Birmingham comedian, who is set to appear in the new series of Dancing on Ice before going on tour later this year, spoke at length about his pre-comedy past.
 
Harriott talked candidly about his father, recalling a phone call from him at the end of 1999: "I was so happy to hear from him.

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