The Electric Head win Galton & Simpson comedy award
Six scripts to be turned into audio pilots
30/11/2023 … Cult double act The Electric Head have won the first Galton & Simpson Godfathers of Comedy Award.
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Thu 30 November 2023
© Stuart Hogben Russell Kane to become a children's author
...as Evil Genius is renewed and he writes a sitcom about his dad
30/11/2023 … Russell Kane is to become a children’s author.
End of year special for What Just Happened?
Robin Morgan and Kiri Pritchard-McLean's BBC Radio Wales topical panel show
30/11/2023 … BBC Radio Wales has ordered a Christmas special of its satirical comedy panel show What Just Happened? Hosted by Robin Morgan and Kiri Pritchard-McLean, the show…
Sofie Hagen lands deal for her book about involuntary celibacy
Will I Ever Have Sex Again? to be released next year
30/11/2023 … Sofie Hagen’s book about being involuntarily celibate is to be published in May, after four publishers battled for the rights.
Alistair Williams named British Comedian Of The Year
'Cancelled' comic wins £10k after overwhelming audience vote
30/11/2023 … Alistair Williams has been named British Comedian Of The Year – scooping the £10,001 top prize.
Wed 29 November 2023
James Acaster becomes UK's top podcaster
Sayonara, Joe Rogan... Springleaf's the new No1
29/11/2023 … James Acaster has toppled Joe Rogan to become the UK’s top podcaster.
© ITV/Fremantle BGT comedian's fury at David Walliams payout
Clare Harrison McCartney believes she was the target of ex-judge's misognistic comments
29/11/2023 … A comedian who claims she was the subject of crude comments David Walliams made on Britain’s Got Talent has slammed the settlement awarded to the show’s…
Guz Khan laughs off Have I Got News For You complaints
Comic criticised for posts about Israeli 'war crimes' and 'genocide'
29/11/2023 … Guz Khan has laughed off complaints that his tweets about ‘genocidal’ Israel make him an unfit host of Have I Got News For You.