© ITV Comedy writer Gavin Petrie dies at 83
Credits include Faith In The Future and Next Of Kin
18/11/2025 … Comedy writer Gavin Petrie has died at the age of 83.
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Tue 18 November 2025
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The best (new) old comedians of 2025?
West End competition announces its finalists
18/11/2025 … The finalists have been announced for the West End New (Old) Act of the Year.
© Rebecca Need-Menear Finlay Christie is to make his Have I Got News For You debut
Opposite Greens leader Zack Polanski
18/11/2025 … Finlay Christie is to make his debut on Have I Got News For You.
© UKTV/Jack Margerison Paradise welcomes guest stars this Christmas
Including Adrian Edmondson and Josie Lawrence
18/11/2025 … Adrian Edmondson, Ted Lasso star James Lance and Comedy Story Player Josie Lawrence are to make guest appearances in the festive episodes of hit BBC detective show…
Guest stars join Austentatious cast
As improv show marks Jane Austen's 250th anniversary
18/11/2025 … Paterson Joseph, Mel Giedroyc and Stephen Mangan are to make goes appearances in the improvised Jane Austen show Austentatious.
Mon 17 November 2025
Sky to air four stand-up specials
From Jack Dee, Katherine Ryan, Harry Hill and Josh Widdicombe
17/11/2025 … Sky is to air four stand-up specials from next month, featuring Jack Dee, Katherine Ryan, Harry Hill and Josh Widdicombe.
© ITV Dear diary, Adrian Mole is making a comeback
Top writers to adapt Sue Townsend's book afain
17/11/2025 … The BBC is to make a fresh adaptation of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾.
Helping make the comedy circuit safer
17/11/2025 … Two guides have been published to try to make the comedy circuit a safer place for comedians to work.