National digital radio station Union JACK has appointed Geoff Rowe, Founding Director of the Leicester Comedy Festival as Director of Comedy. This is a role that will help to shape the station’s... more
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BBC Three comedy show Famalam will return for a third series and a one-off Christmas special which will feature new sketches as well as favourite moments from the past two series.The comedy sketch... more
Brexit-voting stand-up Geoff Norcott goes back to his working-class roots for a new BBC Two documentary. He explores a very peculiar kind of class war in How The Middle Classes Ruined Britain.In... more
Comedians Rosie Jones and Helen Bauer are to release a new podcast entitled Daddy Look at Me.‘Daddy Look at Me’ will launch on Thursday 20th June. It draws on Bauer and Jones’ own... more
The Metropolitan Police have decided to take no further action over Jo Brand's "battery acid" joke told on Radio 4 show Heresy on Tuesday.It had been reported yesterday that the Metropolitan Police... more
The Greenwich Comedy Festival is to return from September 4-8th, once again at the National Maritime Museum in South London.Highlights for this year include The Last Leg’s JOSH WIDDICOMBE,... more
Sharon Horgan and Richard E Grant are co-stars of the film version of the stage show Everybody's Talking About Jamie, which reunites the original creative team behind the stage production: director... more
Comedian Paul Sinha has revealed that he has been diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease. The stand-up and star of quiz show The Chase posted the news on Twitter, writing: "I have Parkinson's disease. I... more
Gavin Mitchell, the actor best known for playing Boaby the Barman in the long-running Scottish sitcom Still Game, is to receive a Doctor of Letters from Glasgow Caledonian... more
Jo Brand has commented for the first time on the furore over her "battery acid" joke on Radio 4 programme Heresy.Brand was appearing at the Henley Literary Festival on Thursday when, according to The... more
