Katherine Ryan to launch a podcast about ageing
Guest will have a blood test to determine their 'biological' age
08/04/2025 … Katherine Ryan wants blood from the guests on her new podcast - literally.
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Tue 08 April 2025
© Beth Moar Ayo is on his way-o
Comic Adenekan wins funding for his Fringe debut
08/04/2025 … Ayo Adenekan is having his Edinburgh Fringe production costs paid under a new bursary.
Michael McIntyre’s big deal!
Two new series for both the Big Show and The Wheel
08/04/2025 … The BBC has commissioned a further two series of both Michael McIntyre’s Big Show and Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel.
Mon 07 April 2025
© ITV Who is Donna Preston?
Comedy star enters Celebrity Big Brother house
07/04/2025 … Comedy star Donna Preston has been unveiled as one of the contestants in this year’s Celebrity Big Brother.
No, a new series of Benidorm hasn't been commissioned
Creator Derren Litten cools the rumour mill
07/04/2025 … Benidorm creator Derren Litten has poured cold water on the idea the comedy is poised to return, seven years after it was axed.
Aisling Bea: This Way Up probably won't be back
'I lost some of the fire for it'
07/04/2025 … Aisling Bea says she’s unlikely to make a third season of her comedy This Way Up after admitting she’s lost some of her passion for it.
Cast announced for Ashley Blaker's Radio 4 show
Rosie Holt and Kieran Hodgson join Hyperfixated
07/04/2025 … Rosie Holt and Kieran Hodgson have joined the cast of Ashley Blaker’s new Radio 4 stand-up series, Hyperfixations.
Sun 06 April 2025
© Bardha Krasniqi Kiell's Kool Stories tour the UK
06/04/2025 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.