Katherine Ryan: I've had a second skin cancer diagnosis
After doctor told her mole was 'nothing to worry about'
21/03/2025 … Katherine Ryan has revealed she has been diagnosed with skin cancer for a second time.
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Fri 21 March 2025
Shalaka Kurup becomes a bonus Chortle Hotshot
Comic secures a place on our bursary scheme
21/03/2025 … Shalaka Kurup has joined the ranks of this year’s Chortle Hotshots, tipped for good things at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
Improv pioneer Peter Wear dies at 81
Obituary of a linchpin from the early days of alternative comedy
21/03/2025 … Peter Wear – a pioneer of the British improv comedy scene and early performer on the alternative cabaret circuit – has died at the age of…
New venture for Joe Lycett’s TV producers
mily Hudd and Iain Wimbush set up Bango Studios
21/03/2025 … The producers behind Joe Lycett’s TV projects have launched a new production company.
Sky confirms Poker Face return
Natasha Lyonne comedy-drama back in May
21/03/2025 … Sky has announced that the acclaimed US comedy-drama Poker Face returns to air on May 9.
Thu 20 March 2025
Rob Beckett: I'm quitting touring to spent time with my family
Comic plans a decade away from the road
20/03/2025 … Rob Beckett has said he’s quitting touring to spend more time with his family.
© Peter Rogan Film offers a rare peak at Ken Dodd's private life
...including extracts from the notebooks he wanted to be destroyed
20/03/2025 … Extracts from notebooks belonging to Sir Ken Dodd are to be broadcast for the first time in a new documentary about the comedian.
© Nina Prommer/ZUMA Press Wire Marty Callner, pioneer of the comedy special, dies at 78
He directed the very first HBO stand-up show
20/03/2025 … Marty Callner, who directed numerous American comedy specials, has died at 78.