Alan Carr's looking for geniuses
New Channel 4 show with Susie Dent
14/02/2025 … Alan Carr is to front a new Channel 4 reality show seeking to uncover ‘the country’s most gifted and unsung minds’.
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Samantha Day wins Leicester's Silver Stand-Up contest
13/02/2025 … Samantha Day has been crowned winner of the Silver Stand-Up competition at Leicester Comedy Festival.
© Channel 4 / Big Talk Mitchell and Webb are back
New sketch show with a host of new comedy talent
13/02/2025 … David Mitchell and Robert Webb are returning to Channel 4 with a new sketch show.
Village People vs Jim Jefferies
Band sues comic over the 'defamatory' suggestion that YMCA might be a bit gay
13/02/2025 … The Village People are threatening to sue Jim Jefferies for daring to suggest that YMCA might be a celebration of gay sex The Australian comedian was served with…
© House of Commons/Roger Harris/CC BY-SA 3.0 Matt Forde to interview Kemi Badenoch and Michael Gove
For his live Political Party podcast show
13/02/2025 … Matt Forde is to interview Tory leader Kemi Badenoch and former Cabinet minister Michael Gove on stage for his Political Party podcast.
How Do You Cope? returns
...but Elis James doesn't as John Robins now hosts it alone
13/02/2025 … John Robins is making a new series of his podcast How Do You Cope? – but this time without Elis James.
Best In Class announces its 2025 line-up
Edinburgh Fringe showcase for working-class comedians
13/02/2025 … Best In Class have announced the lineup for their 2025 Edinburgh Fringe showcase of working-class comedians They are: Shawn Uyosa: A Nigerian-born Irish comedian…
© Tyler Bartlam That's punoriginal!
Pun champion accused of plagiarism
13/02/2025 … The winner of the year’s UK Pun Championships has been accused of using second-hand jokes to take the title.