Britain to get its own Saturday Night Live
Sky to air homegrown version of US classic
10/04/2025 … Sky is making a British version of American comedy institution Saturday Night Live.
2025 Archives
Thu 10 April 2025
MICF: Zach Ruane & Alexei Toliopoulos: Refused Classification
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
10/04/2025 … As a mash-up of over-the-top sketch comedy, documentary narrative and verbatim theatre, even creators Zach Ruane and Alexei Toliopoulos acknowledge that Refused…
MICF: Garry Starr: Monkeys Everywhere
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
10/04/2025 … In the guise of his playful alter-ego Garry Elizabeth Starr, Damien Warren-Smith is a fabulous kids’ entertainer, engaging the youngsters with his mucking…
MICF: Emma Holland: Don't Touch My Trinkets
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
10/04/2025 … You could read Emma Holland’s Don’t Touch My Trinkets as a thoughtful treatise about ethics and exploitation in art, as encapsulated by a landmark court…
MICF: Ray O'Leary: Laughter? I Hardly Know Her!
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
10/04/2025 … Ray O’Leary isn’t the first comedian to tell of getting an unsolicited diagnosis of n neurological condition from some rando in the street.
Wed 09 April 2025
Angela Rippon to host Have I Got News For You
A first for the former newsreader
09/04/2025 … Former newsreader Angela Rippon is to guest host Have I Got News For You for the first time.
Ricky Gervais’s vodka brand launches a comedy competition
£5,000 first prize – and a support slot at Wembley Arena
09/04/2025 … Ricky Gervais’s vodka company is launching a stand-up competition with a £5,000 cash prize.
© BBC Here We Go... for a fourth time
BBC 'poised to renew family sitcom'
09/04/2025 … The BBC is set to renew Here We Go for a fourth series, it has reported.