© Elaine Livingstone Glasgow gets its biggest comedy festival yet
08/01/2025 … The Glasgow International Comedy Festival has unveiled its biggest line-up yet, with more than 550 shows.
Wed 08 January 2025
© Elaine Livingstone 
BBC Comedy Collective returns
Bursary scheme for 'mid-level' comedy creatives
08/01/2025 … Applications will open on Monday for ‘mid-level comedy creatives’ to join the third cohort of the BBC Comedy Collective.
Alan Cumming and Natalie Cassidy join Boarders
BBC's private school comedy returns next month
08/01/2025 … Alan Cumming and Natalie Cassidy have joined the cast of BBC comedy Boarders.
© BBC/Monumental Could Ghosts become a movie?
Comedy is the subject of tabloid speculation
08/01/2025 … Is Ghosts about to become a movie? The Daily Star today reports that a big-screen version of the hit BBC comedy is in the works, with filming set to start…
Alice Fraser celebrates the romantic novel
08/01/2025 … Australian comic Alice Fraser has announced a short UK tour to promote her new book.
Johnny Ball to reveal all about his comedy career
Broadcaster was a club comic before breaking into TV
08/01/2025 … Johnny Ball is to write a book about his career in comedy before he became known as a children’s science presenter.
Tue 07 January 2025
Who's in the running to be a 2025 Chortle Hotshot?
Gigs to showcase Edinburgh Fringe newcomers
07/01/2025 … The comedians in the running to be one of Chortle’s first Hotshots have been revealed.
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night trailer
New documentary series about an American institution
07/01/2025 … Here's a trailer for a new documentary series about Saturday Night Live.