BBC One axes Rob Beckett show
End of the line for All Together Now
21/06/2019 … Rob Beckett’s primetime Saturday night show All Together Now has been axed after two series.
2019 Other news
Fri 21 June 2019
© BBC Dead Ringers to play the Edinburgh Fringe
Debut for Radio 4's impression show
21/06/2019 … The team behind Radio 4’s Dead Ringers have announced a run of dates at the Edinburgh Fringe Impressionists Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Lewis MacLeod and…
Wed 19 June 2019
Winchester comedy festival announces 2019 line-up
Including Phoenix Nights' Clinton Baptiste
19/06/2019 … Winchester Comedy Festival has announced the line-up for its seventh event, including Ed Byrne, Richard Herring and Clinton Baptiste – the hapless clairvoyant…
Tue 18 June 2019
Leicester Comedy Festival chief joins Union Jack radio
Geoff Rowe will seek out new comic talent
18/06/2019 … Digital radio station Union Jack has appointed Leicester Comedy Festival chief Geoff Rowe as its first director of comedy.
Mon 17 June 2019
© BBC BBC Ouch seeks storytellers
17/06/2019 … Submissions are now open for BBC Ouch’s fourth storytelling event, hosted by Laura Lexx at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe.
NextUp seeks comics to film at Edinburgh
On-demand service expands its offering
17/06/2019 … Stand-up on demand service NextUp are seeking Edinburgh Fringe comics to join their platform.
Tiffany Haddish boycotts Georgia over abortion laws
Comic pulls gig in support of state's women
17/06/2019 … American comedian Tiffany Haddish has become the first major entertainer to boycott the state of Georgia over its controversial abortion clampdown.
Who's playing the 2019 Greenwich Comedy Festival
17/06/2019 … Sean Lock, Josh Widdicombe, Sara Pascoe and Jason Manford are among the headliners for this year’s Greenwich Comedy Festival.