© Ray Burmiston Ricky Gervais reveals the title of his next arena tour
27/06/2024 … Ricky Gervais has announced the title of his next world tour and Netflix special: Mortality.
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New novel from TV comedy writer Lee Stuart Evans
Pleasantly Disturbed set in his native Nottinghamshire
27/06/2024 … TV comedy writer Lee Stuart Evans has penned a comedy novel about two aspiring musicians in his native Nottinghamshire.
Hugh Bonneville and Michael Socha to star in crime comedy
Go Away! revolves around a pot-growing deadbeat
27/06/2024 … Paddington's Hugh Bonneville and This Is England’s Michael Socha are to star in a dark crime comedy film called Go Away! According to…
'Lord' Christian Brighty to record a Radio 4 series
Bridgerton-style parody featuring his Regency-era fop
27/06/2024 … The aristocratic Regency-era alter-ego of comedian Christian Brighty is to star in his own Radio 4 comedy.
Wed 26 June 2024
Daniel Kitson announces London run of Collaborator
Inspired by his dislike of audience participation
26/06/2024 … Daniel Kitson has announced a London run of his latest show, Collaborator this summer.
© BBC Armando Iannucci on how the Americans ruined The Thick Of It
Watch their swear-free remake here
26/06/2024 … Armando Iannucci has spoken of how the Americas ruined The Thick Of It - exorcising all the swearing and making a ‘really boring’ version of his political…
Rishi Sunak faces the music
London musical comedy bids farewell to the PM
26/06/2024 … Rishi Sunak is getting a satirical stage send-off – with a new stage musical dedicated to the soon-to-be-ex-Prime Minister.
© Channel 4 Comics up for Edinburgh TV awards 2024
Including Joe Lycett, Bridget Christie, Rose Matafeo and Rhod Gilbert
26/06/2024 … Joe Lycett, Bridget Christie, Rose Matafeo and Rhod Gilbert are among the comedians nominated in this year’s Edinburgh TV Festival awards.