Contestants named for Taskmaster’s New Year Treat 2025
14/11/2024 … The line-up has been announced for the next Taskmaster’s New Year Treat.
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Thu 14 November 2024
Filming starts on Jordan Gray’s sitcom Transaction
14/11/2024 … Filming has finally begun on Jordan Gray’s sitcom Transaction – more than two years after it was first announced.
© William Murphy/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0 Belfast to host the next BBC Comedy Festival
Talks, panels and screenings coming to Norhtern Ireland in May
14/11/2024 … Belfast is to host the next BBC Comedy Festival, it has been announced today.
The Onion buys Infowars
Satirical website to make the conspiracy outlet into something 'very stupid'
14/11/2024 … Satirical website The Onion has bought the far-right website Infowars.
Rhys Darby announces 2025 tour
Plus UK dates for French-based Paul Taylor
14/11/2024 … Kiwi comic Rhys Darby is returning to the stage with a new stand-up show, The Legend Returns.
Johnny Vegas comedy Ideal to return
14/11/2024 … Johnny Vegas is reviving Ideal – as a stage show.
Medical drama halts Adam Kay show
...and not for the first time!
14/11/2024 … You can always be sure there’s a doctor on stage – if not in the house – of an Adam Kay show.
Wed 13 November 2024
© Phil McIntyre TV Paul Hilleard wins the 2024 BBC New Comedy Award
Following in the footsteps of some big stand-up stars
13/11/2024 … Paul Hilleard has won this year’s BBC New Comedy Award.