Johnny Vegas wants to get Britain drawing
Comic joins City Of Culture project
04/11/2025 … Johnny Vegas has been announced as the November featured artist for Draw!, a nationwide drawing project presented by Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture.
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Tue 04 November 2025
Jason Manford to star in Something Rotten!
UK premiere a decade after Broadway success
04/11/2025 … Jason Manford is to return to the stage in the comedy musical Something Rotten! in Manchester next summer.
© Andy Hollingworth Archive Madeleine Brettingham wins Beat The Frog's 'world series'
Irish comic Rob Nother takes the panel prize
04/11/2025 … Madeleine Brettingham won the Beat The Frog World Series contest for new stand-ups at Manchester's Frog and Bucket comedy club last night.
© Channel 4 Taskmaster plans a live tour
Producers ask fans where Greg Davies and Alex Horne should visit
04/11/2025 … Greg Davies and Alex Horne are set to take Taskmaster on the road.
Mon 03 November 2025
© Rachel Sherlock Sara Pascoe wins Jilly Cooper book award
Comedy Women In Print unveil their winners
03/11/2025 … Sara Pascoe’s debut novel has won a literary prize handed out in honour of the late Jilly Cooper.
© BBC It hit our Bottom line!
Writers of a companion to the cult sitcom were left out of pocket by publisher's collapse
03/11/2025 … The authors of a book about Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson comedy Bottom were left thousands of pound out of pocket by the collapse of the publishing company that…
Mark Thomas to release a vinyl LP
..of his tour show Gaffa Tapes
03/11/2025 … Mark Thomas is to release his stand-up show Gaffa Tapes as a limited edition LP.
The Ballad Of Wallis Island up for five indie film awards
Recognition for Tim Key and Tom Basden’s movie
03/11/2025 … Tim Key and Tom Basden’s movie The Ballad Of Wallis Island has been nominated for five British Independent Film awards.