Frank Skinner to headline new outdoor comedy festival
Comedy At The Castle expands to Devon
19/02/2025 … Frank Skinner is to headline a one of the UK’s biggest outdoor comedy festivals this summer.
Wed 19 February 2025
© Thierry Franco Edinburgh Fringe: Spiegeltent returns to St Andrew Square
Historic venue will again host Le Clique
19/02/2025 … The spiegeltent will be returning to St Andrew Square in Edinburgh this year after an eight-year absence.
© BBC Jimmy Martin – Still Game's 'Auld Eric' - dies at 93
And Carry On's Julian Holloway dies at 80
19/02/2025 … Jimmy Martin, who played ‘Auld’ Eric in Still Game, has died at the age of 93.
Rob Beckett leaves his Radio 2 slot
Comic wants to concentrate on touring
19/02/2025 … Rob Beckett is quitting his Radio 2 show.
Tue 18 February 2025
Deirdre O’Kane: O’Kaning It
Review of the comic's latest tour
18/02/2025 … Deirdre O’Kane is one of those comedians who may have been around a bit but has found a new audience through social media – Instagram and podcasts in…
What is stand-up Jimeoin’s surname?
18/02/2025 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Dave Johns appears in Sam Fender video
Remember My Name dedicated to his grandparents
18/02/2025 … Comedian Dave Johns appears in the video for Sam Fender’s new single Remember My Name.
© Adam Chitayat/CC BY-SA 4.0 Could Bill Murray play Glastonbury?
He *is* in the country at the right time...
18/02/2025 … Bill Murray has announced a UK date… intriguingly close to Glastonbury in both time and place.