PBH Free Fringe launches a London festival
16/05/2025 … Organisers of Edinburgh’s PBH Free Fringe are launching a three-day mini-festival in London.
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Fri 16 May 2025
Frank Skinner gets married
Secret wedding to his partner of 24 years, agent Cath Mason
16/05/2025 … Frank Skinner has secretly married his long-term girlfriend.
Thu 15 May 2025
© Channel 4 Channel 4 orders a new school-based sitcom
Based on writer Delia-René Donaldson’s real experiences
15/05/2025 … Channel 4 has ordered a new sitcom based on writer Delia-René-Donaldson’s real experiences working in pastoral care at an inner-city London academy.
Manchester's Laughterama festival to return
Five nights of open-air comedy
15/05/2025 … Manchester comedy festival Laughterama is returns to Castlefield Bowl this September for five nights of open-air comedy.
Second series for Last One Laughing UK
Jimmy Carr-fronted Amazon format back next year
15/05/2025 … Amazon’s Last One Laughing is to return for a second series.
© Stephanie Gibson Josie Long wins top radio award
...after Radio 4 axed Short Cuts
15/05/2025 … Josie Long has won one of radio’s most prestigious awards, five months after the BBC pulled the plug on her programme.
Exeter Comedy Festival returns
15/05/2025 … Exeter Comedy Festival is back for a second year with twice as many shows.
Wed 14 May 2025
© Alan Light/CC BY-SA 2.0 CNN to make Chevy Chase documentary
A comedian ' ull of outsized gifts and striking flaws'
14/05/2025 … CNN is making a documentary about the life of Chevy Chase, billed as ‘authorised yet unfiltered’.