Now Joe Wilkinson joins Celebrity Traitors too
Comic reported to be joining Nick Mohammed on BBC reality show
17/04/2025 … Joe Wilkinson has reportedly joined the cast of Celebrity Traitors.
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Thu 17 April 2025
Hear Me Out... again
Channel 4 orders second series of its digital panel show
17/04/2025 … Channel 4 has ordered a second series of its digital panel show Hear Me Out.
© Channel 4 When will Taskmaster series 19 air?
Show returns to Channel 4 on May 1
17/04/2025 … Taskmaster’s 19th series will launch at 9pm on Thursday May 1, Channel 4 has announced.
Wed 16 April 2025
Award set up in memory of Marie Goulbourne
To give a new queer, working-class Northern comic their first taste of the Edinburgh Fringe
16/04/2025 … A new award for up-and-coming comedians has been set up in memory of Marie Goulbourne, the stand-up who died last October just days after winning her BBC New Comedy…
Jimmy Carr asks: Am I The A**hole?
16/04/2025 … Jimmy Carr is to host a new Comedy Central panel show in which comedians pass judgment on the morals of members of the public.
The Melbourne comedy festival award nominees for 2025 are...
Most outstanding show and best newcomer shortlists announced
16/04/2025 … Ahir Shah, Flo And Joan’s One Man Musical and Olga Koch are among the nominees for the top award for live comedy in Australia.
Tue 15 April 2025
© Richard Kendal Sue Perkins to host Have I Got News For You
Returning to the show for the first time in a decade
15/04/2025 … Sue Perkins is to host Have I Got News For You for the first time in a decade.
Helen Lederer joins Fawlty Towers
Playing deaf Mrs Richards on stage
15/04/2025 … Helen Lederer is joining the cast of the Fawlty Towers play when it returns to the West End this summer.