Multi award-winning stand-up comedian, screenwriter and actor Ricky Gervais will be presented with this year’s Richard Dawkins Award, from the US-based Center for Inquiry. CFI... more
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A new sponsor has been announced for the most important prize in live comedy, the Edinburgh Comedy Awards. The new sponsor is digital TV channel Dave.Edinburgh Comedy Awards producer Nica Burns said... more
The BBC has commissioned a new TV series starring comedian Mark Nelson. The Scottish stand-up will front the six-part series Bad Influencer, being made for BBC Scotland. In the show he will be... more
Irish comedian Brendan Grace has died. He had recently been diagnosed with lung cancer and was in a hospital in Ireland.The 68-year old performer was having treatment for pneumonia when the condition... more
Update: Further to our comments about female representation in the show, the producers have responded. See bottom of review.Timing is everything in comedy and I guess it is pretty important for the... more
In the aftermath of another heroically fought tournament, Taskmaster Greg Davies and his sidekick Little Alex Horne are set to open the doors of the Taskmaster House to... more
The overall winner of the latest series of Taskmaster has been crowned..The competitors this time round were comedian Lou Sanders, comedian and The Chase general knowledge buff Paul Sinha, Love... more
The inaugural Comedy Women in Print Prize (CWIP) for Published and Unpublished writers was announced this evening (Wednesday 10 July), at a ceremony at The Conduit Club in London.In the Published... more
Renowned actor Freddie Jones has died. He was 91.He was best known to recent soap viewers as Sandy Thomas In Emmerdale, which was a part he had played since 2005. But he also had a huge number of... more
The leading showcase for British female comedy talent, the Funny Women Stage Award, has arrived at the semi-final stage in its annual search for the next household names.Now in their 16th year,... more
