Comedians become carol singers
Festive charity singalong announced
19/11/2025 … Comedians including Nish Kumar, James Acaster and Lolly Adefope are to take part in their version of a carol concert this Christmas.
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Wed 19 November 2025
Netflix sets a release date for Ricky Gervais’s Mortality
His fourth stand-up special for the streamer
19/11/2025 … Netflix has today announced that Ricky Gervais’s Mortality will have its global release on Tuesday December 30.
© BBC/Big Talk Studios First images from Can You Keep a Secret?
Dawn French and Mark Heap sitcom coming to BBC One next year
19/11/2025 … The first pictures have been released for the new Dawn French and Mark Heap comedy Can You Keep a Secret? The six-part series apparently inspired by the…
Garry Starr's naked ambition
Comic's hoping to set a Guinness World Record for stage nudity
19/11/2025 … Garry Starr is hoping to set a Guinness World Record for ‘longest cumulative time of full-frontal nudity in a West End stage show’.
© CPL/Sky Where Beckett and Ranganatan went next...
Details of series 8 of Rob & Romesh Vs revealed
19/11/2025 … Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan head to Mumbai, New York, Sumatra and the Swiss Alps in the next series of Rob & Romesh Vs.
Jason Byrne is making the 'Irish Simpsons'
Comic working on an adult animation about a family-owned Dublin pub
19/11/2025 … Jason Byrne is making a series he likens to an Irish version of The Simpsons.
Men Behaving Badly returns as a stage play
From original writer Simon Nye
19/11/2025 … Men Behaving Badly is making a comeback – as a stage play.
Tue 18 November 2025
© 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.