The transmission date has been revealed for the new series of Taskmaster on Dave.The eighth series of the award-winning comedy game show will air from May 8.The line-up for this series is comedian/... more
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Comedian Ian Cognito has died.Beyond The Joke has heard that he became ill onstage in Bicester on Thursday night where he was performing at the Lone Wolf Comedy Club. Paramedics were called but he... more
Arthur Smith – comedian, broadcaster and famously grumpy old man – was last night presented with the fifth annual Bath Plug Award, awarded each year by Bath Comedy Festival to acknowledge significant... more
Actor/comedian/writer Tom Segura is to appear in the UK and Ireland. He plays the Eventim Apollo in London on October 31, Salford Lowry on November 2 and Dublin's Olympia Thatre on November 3.Segura... more
Golden Globe winner, stand-up and star of the hit TV show ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’; Rachel Bloom will be coming to the London Palladium on Sunday, June 2 and Monday, June 3... more
Shane Allen, Controller of BBC Comedy, has announced a new venture to develop a British Comedy Foundation.Opening the doors to new voices and furthering the impact of British comedy, Allen plans to... more
BBC Three's Enterprice, created by Kayode Ewumi, has been recommissioned.Fiona Campbell, Controller of BBC Three, says: “It’s important that BBC Three continues to be the place on the BBC that... more
Shane Allen, Controller of BBC Comedy, has announced that BBC Comedy and BBC Three is furthering its commitment to breaking new comedy talent with seven Threesome commissions per year, increasing... more
Critically-acclaimed sitcom The Other Two is coming to E4, in a new deal with Viacom International Studios. The whole series will also be available in its entirety on All 4.Siblings Cary (... more
Award-winning hit comedy Derry Girls has been commissioned for a third series by Ian Katz, Channel 4 Director of Programmes, Head of Comedy Fiona McDermott and Commissioning Editor Jack... more
