Kerry Howard has been cast as the young Hyacinth Bucket in the BBC's forthcoming prequel of classic sitcom Keeping Up Appearances.Howard, who is Russell Howard's sister in real-life, is best known... more
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Comedy radio station Radio Active is to return to the Edinburgh Fringe after a 27-year break. The original cast including Angus Deayton, Helen Atkinson Wood, Michael Fenton... more
Howard Marks, the reformed former drug trafficker known as "Mr Nice" has died. He was 70 and had been suffering from cancer.Although he was not a stand-up comedian he was a hugely entertaining... more
If you've enjoyed prog rocker Brian Pern on television you can now get him on DVD too. His three acclaimed series – The Life of Rock, A Life In Rock and 45 Years of Prog Rock – are now available... more
Musical group Four Femmes on the Thames are the winners of 2016's Musical Comedy Awards.The Grand Final was held at the Udderbelly, where the jazzy, comic band consisting of four female singers and... more
Following the successful Kickstarter campaign to fund the filming of his new sketch series, Richard Herring has announced dates and line-up for the return of As It Occurs To Me.The new As It Occurs... more
Noel Fielding will be the latest curator to join John Lloyd on BBC Radio 4’s Museum of Curiosity.Fielding will join the team for the forthcoming ninth series.Producers Richard Turner... more
Russell Howard is to return to Comedy Central UK to host a brand new ten-part series of Russell Howard’s Stand Up Central. Each week Howard will introduce guests and answer questions from the... more
Comedian Harry Hill has teamed up with production company CPL Productions to launch Nit TV.The new joint venture will see CPL Productions and Hill growing the company together, with CPL acting as the... more
New autumn dates have been announced for Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer's Poignant Moments Tour.This is the leg of the tour that had to be postponed last year because Bob Mortimer had to have a triple... more
