BBC New Comedy Award 2023 final
07/11/2023 … A recurring tongue-in-cheek complaint that's heard increasingly at new act competitions is that comedy is now full to bursting, with established acts wishing…
Tue 07 November 2023
Beat The Frog World Series Final 2023
Review of the climax of the new act competition
07/11/2023 … Often new act competitions have a clear winner – a stand-out star-in-the-making, clearly head-and-shoulders above their contemporaries, however talented.
Sikisa announces UK tour
Dates for her Hear Me Out stand-up show in 2024
07/11/2023 … Sikisa is to take her second stand-up show, Hear Me Out, on a short UK tour next year.
© ITVX / Golden Path Productions ITV confirms the cast of G'wed
Liverpool-based comedy launching in 2024
07/11/2023 … ITV has announced the cast for its upcoming comedy G’wed which will drop on its ITVX streaming service in early 2024.
© Open Mike Live at the Apollo gets two more series
Stand-up showcase to run at to at least 2025 - its 20th season
07/11/2023 … BBC Two has commissioned two new series of Live at the Apollo.
Ronnie Corbett’s widow Anne Hart dies at 90
Former stage star was married to the comedian fo 50 years
07/11/2023 … Ronnie Corbett’s widow, Anne Hart, has died at the age of 90.
Australia's Peter Jones wins Beat The Frog
Daniel McCreanor runner-up and Qasim Akhtar takes panel prize
07/11/2023 … Australian comedian Peter Jones has won this year’s Beat the Frog World Series, the long-running talent hunt run by Manchester’s Frog and Bucket comedy…
Mon 06 November 2023
© BBC BBC Comedy Festival heads to Glasgow
Next event to be held in May, Corporation confirms
06/11/2023 … The BBC has confirmed that its third comedy festival will be taking place in Glasgow in May.