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.
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Thu 14 November 2024
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.
© BBC Here's what the Outnumbered cast look like now
As they tape a sketch for Children In Need
13/11/2024 … Here’s the first look at what the cast of Outnumbered look like now – eight years after their last outing and 17 years after their first.
© Christopher De Vargas Mr Piffles dies at 16
Tributes to Piff the Magic Dragon’s canine companion
13/11/2024 … Piff the Magic Dragon’s canine companion Mr Piffles has died just shy of his 17th birthday.
Never-before-seen pictures of Terry Jones to go on display
As campaign to erect a statue nears its fundraising target
13/11/2024 … Never-before-seen images from the personal archive of the late Terry Jones are to be exhibited in his Colwyn Bay birthplace.
© Steve Ullathorne Production deal for Sophie Willan
Expectation to have first refusal on comic's ideas as she looks towards non-scripted shows
13/11/2024 … Sophie Willan has signed a first-look deal with Expectation, the production company behind her hit BBC sitcom Alma’s Not Normal.