Omid Djalili announces new tour, Namaste
...as Russell Kane expands his Hyperactive dates
12/02/2024 … Omid Djalili has announced a new tour – in which he vows to yield to his inner anger.
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Mon 12 February 2024
Richard Ayoade to narrate Bill Bryson’s Short History of Nearly Everything
Bestselling pop science book to be turned into an animation
12/02/2024 … Richard Ayoade is to narrate an animated version of Bill Bryson’s popular science book, A Short History of Nearly Everything.
© Alex Lake Romesh Ranganathan and Rob Delaney to read Bluey stories
12/02/2024 … Romesh Ranganathan and Rob Delaney are among the celebrities lined up to read Bluey storybooks in a new social media series.
Derry Girls star Kevin McAleer to retire from live comedy
Comic Stewart Lee once called '‘the funniest stand-up I’ve ever seen'
12/02/2024 … Kevin McAleer is to retire from stand-up after 40 years.
© Robyn Von Swank Eric Idle exposes Python rift
...as he complains about the lack of income from their old work
12/02/2024 … Eric Idle has exposed a rift in the Pythons, complaining that the troupe’s back catalogue doesn’t bring him as much money as people think.
Sun 11 February 2024
Lou Sanders leaves Dancing On Ice
Comic said she'd had the 'time of my life'
11/02/2024 … Lou Sanders has been eliminated from Dancing On Ice.
Tributes paid to comic Darren Maskell after he dies at 37
Former open mic circuit regular had been ill for a while
11/02/2024 … Darren Maskell, a familiar face on the open mic scene in London and the South East in the late 2000s and early 2010s, has died at the age of 37.
Janey Godley writes a second volume of memoirs
Not Dead Yet covers her comedy career and cancer diagnosis
11/02/2024 … Janey Godley is publishing her second autobiography this summer, about her comedy career and dealing with cancer.