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The Cosmic Shambles Network are delighted to announce the return of Nine Lessons and Carols for Curious People, Robin Ince’s iconic seasonal extravaganza.Robin hosts three nights and a matinee of his pioneering mash up of science and culture where the entire breadth of human...
Taskmaster’s New Year Treat Line-Up Revealed
17 hours ago · Following another heroically fought competition which saw – spoiler alert *name below – emerge as the victorious Taskmaster Series 18 Champion, the brand-new line-up of celebrities taking part in the one-off, seasonal special of Taskmaster’s New Year Treat has been revealed.Gathering an eclectic mix of well-known faces from all corners of the entertainment world, Alex Horne and Greg ...
BBC New Comedy Awards 2024 – Results
1 day ago · The final of this year's BBC New Comedy Awards has been broadcast on BBC One. The compere/host was Lucy Beaumont and the judges were Josh Pugh, Shaparak Khorsandi and Babatunde Aleshe.Over a thousand applied, more than 100 went head-to-head at showcases across the country, 30 battled it out in the regional heats, leaving just six finalists.The winner will receive a paid commission to write and ...
First UK & Ireland Tour For Rhys Darby In Ten Years
20 hours ago · First UK & Ireland Tour For Rhys Darby In Ten Years. By Bruce Dessau on 14/11/2024. Kiwi icon Rhys Darby is coming back to the stage with a brand new stand-up show, The Legend Returns. Kicking off in May 2025 and heading across the UK and Ireland, tickets are available via pre-sale on 18th November with general on sale taking place on 19th ...
Two More Series Of Alan Carr's Changing Ends Commissioned
6 days ago · After becoming the biggest new half hour comedy launch on any channel this year, the hugely popular Changing Ends has been recommissioned for a third and fourth series on ITVX and ITV1.Since the series one launch, Alan Carr‘s semi-autobiographical comedy has been streamed over 13 million times on ITVX and been nominated for various awards throughout 2024.The new third and fourth series (six ...
Richard Osman's House of Games Guests This Week
4 days ago · By Bruce Dessau on 11/11/2024. Josh Jones, Molly Rainford, Mark Rhodes and Sonia are the guests competing to be crowned champion of Richard Osman's House of Games this week. Mancunian comedian Jones ia a rising star of stand-up comedy. He picked up an Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nomination for his …
Josh Widdicombe Adds Extra Dates To His Tour
Oct 18, 2024 · Josh Widdicombe has added extra dates to his Not My Cup Of Tea tour due to demand. A full list of the current dates is below. He co-hosts the hugely popular podcast Parenting Hell with Rob Beckett, which has somehow become so popular that they undertook a live arena tour in 2023 and released a book which topped the Sunday Times Bestseller Charts. He’s co-hosted in over 30 series of the multi ...
Rarely Asked Questions: Daniel Foxx - beyondthejoke.co.uk
Oct 18, 2024 · Daniel Foxx is performing at Live at Brighton Dome Bleeped as part of the inaugural Brighton Dome Comedy Festival.A swear-free edition of the venue’s flagship comedy showcase Live at Brighton Dome, the show is a mixed bill of high quality acts, with no rude bits. Also on the line up are viral stand-up Finlay Christie; Mo Gilligan-favourite Chantal Nash; and Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Ian ...
Dave Joke Of the Fringe 2023 Top Ten Revealed
Aug 22, 2023 · Dave, the BAFTA-winning UKTV entertainment channel, has announced the winner of its fourteenth Dave’s Funniest Joke of the Fringe award.. Comedian, Lorna Rose Treen, was voted the winner with her pun: “ I started dating a zookeeper, but it turned out he was a cheetah. The joke, taken from her show Skin Pigeon at Pleasance Courtyard, topped the list of funniest of the Fringe with 44% of ...
The Skewer Comes To BBC TV Screens with jon holmes
Oct 17, 2023 · Acclaimed BBC Radio 4 comedy The Skewer now has a screen version. After three years on air and winning Gold for Best Comedy at the Radio Academy ARIA Awards three years running, Jon Holmes’s satirical Radio 4 comedy is making its first ever screen appearance. As Series 10 arrives on Radio 4, The Skewer: Three Twisted Years is an experimental ...