Mark Dolan goes solo after GB News sacking
'I'm different. I just say what I think'
20/12/2024 … Mark Dolan has broken his silence about getting sacked from GB News.
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Fri 20 December 2024
Hal Cruttenden announces 2025 tour
20/12/2024 … Hal Cruttenden has announced a 33-date tour for 2025, kicking off in Lancaster on September 5.
Applications open for Best In Class 2025
Helping working-class comics play the Edinburgh Fringe
20/12/2024 … Applications have opened for next year’s Best in Class scheme to help working-class comics play the Edinburgh Fringe.
© BBC/Fulwell73/Tidy Productions James Corden and Ruth Jones write Gavin & Stacey book
Promising 'fresh insight' into how it came to be
20/12/2024 … James Corden and Ruth Jones are writing the story of Gavin and Stacey, for publication next year.
Thu 19 December 2024
Gavin & Stacey's success is 'a lesson in patience’
James Corden and Ruth Jones speak at preview screening
19/12/2024 … James Corden says the success of Gavin & Stacey has been ‘a lesson in patience’ in a media landscape obsessed with speed and the next big thing.
Radio 4 renews The Naked Week
Andrew Hunter Murray's satirical show to return
19/12/2024 … Radio 4’s new Friday Night comedy The Naked Week has been commissioned for a second series.
© C4/Avalon Taskmaster series 19 to premiere in New York
US audience will see the show first, with line-up set to include a big-name American
19/12/2024 … The 19th season of Taskmaster will be launched in the US before it is seen in Britain.
© GB News GB News drops Mark Dolan
Ex-comic 'permanently relieved' of his duties
19/12/2024 … Mark Dolan has been axed by GB News.