Comedy channel Gold has commissioned a new scripted comedy, Newark, Newark. Morgana Robinson (The Windsors) will take the lead role of Maxine, alongside Mathew Horne (Gavin & Stacey) as Terry and Nina Wadia (The Sandman) as Heather.
Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont are hosting a Christmas getaway for some of their closest friends. In Jon & Lucy’s Christmas Sleepover, a one-off seasonal special made by Ranga Bee Productions, Jon and Lucy are joined by comedy pals to eat, drink and get very merry during a night away from the post-Christmas, pre-New Year lull as they look back at the year gone by.
Rising star Chloe Petts (Hypothetical, Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club and The Stand-Up Sketch Show) has announced her debut show and UK tour for 2022, Transience, fresh off the back from supporting Ed Gamble on his Electric 2022 UK tour.
Music icon Gary Barlow, award winning performer Alesha Dixon, comedy legend Dawn French, and chart superstar Craig David have been officially announced as the stellar new judging panel for new ITV musical game show, Walk The Line.
The four panellists will head into the studio together for the first time this month, with the high octane show - created by Simon Cowell and produced by his Syco Entertainment and Lifted Entertainment (part of ITV Studios) - debuting on ITV and ITV Hub later this year.
Applications for Leicester Comedy Festival’s Union JACK Radio Circuit Breakers development programme open on 25th November. New and emerging comedians from across the UK are encouraged to enter for the opportunity to gain support and a guaranteed spot to perform at the 2022 Leicester Comedy Festival.
Advent events to go through Spitting Image’s legendary prism include: a shocking Christmas surprise for Prince Andrew; an ever-heroic Tom Cruise stepping up to save Christmas for Santa; who better to add a bit of flair to the Queen’s annual Christmas message than Phoebe Waller-Bridge; Keir Starmer finally springing into action for an oncoming Christmas lunch crisis with his (always law-abiding) vigilante alter-ego, Fox Man; while poor Rishi Sunak is visited by terrifying visions inclu
The star of Netflix’s Lady Dynamite, Arrested Development and several hugely successful stand-up specials, Maria Bamford heads out on her debut UK tour next April. Tickets go on sale on Friday 26th November at 10am via links below.
Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee, writer, broadcaster and stand-up Glenn Moore (Mock The Week, The Stand-Up Sketch Show and The Dave Berry Breakfast Show) is back on the road on his largest tour to date for Autumn 2022 with a new show, Will You Still Need Me, Will You Still Feed Me, Glenn I’m Sixty Moore. Expect a “comedy masterclass” (The Times) and a high-energy barrage of the most jokes you’ve ever heard humanely fit into one stand-up show.
This week on The Jonathan Ross Show, Jonathan is joined by children's author and comedian David Walliams, Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins, the always fascinating Louis Theroux, as well as Hollywood superstar Kevin Hart via zoom. Plus, the first band to get seven consecutive number 1s in the UK, Westlife, will be chatting and performing.
Janey Godley has postponed her upcoming dates this weekend. The Scottish comedian posted a picture of herself in hospital on social media and explained why.
"Sorry but my last weekend of the tour can’t go ahead in Edinburgh and Musselburgh as I am in hospital with ovarian cancer - look after each other #MentalHealthMatters"
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