© Matt Crockett Angela Barnes to host an Archers live tour
Celebrating 75 years of the Radio 4 soap opera
18/12/2025 … Angela Barnes is to host a new live tour celebrating the 75th anniversary of Radio 4’s The Archers.
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© Hat Trick Productions Comedians do Celebrity Mastermind
18/12/2025 … The raft of comedians taking part in this year’s Celebrity Mastermind has been revealed.
© CNN/Hat Trick Fourth season for Have I Got News For You US
CNN news topical comedy panel show
18/12/2025 … CNN has renewed the American version of Have I Got News For You for a fourth season.
Entries open for Best In Class 2025
Elevating working-class comedians
18/12/2025 … Applications are open for working-class comedians to take part in the Best In Class programme at next year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
The golf game that almost killed Fred MacAulay
Comedian reveals 'freak accident' before his cancer diagnosis
18/12/2025 … Fred MacAulay has revealed a new brush with death – as he announces his first stand-up tour since his cancer diagnosis The Scottish comedy veteran cancelled…
Lenny Henry announces a rare stand-up tour
Comic back on the road in 2026
18/12/2025 … Lenny Henry has announced a 2026 tour, returning to stand-up after 17 years.
Home at last!
Cerys Nelmes back in the UK after five-month Turkish ordeal
18/12/2025 … Cerys Nelmes is back in Britain for Christmas after being trapped in Turkey for five months over accusations of shoplifting.
Leicester Square new comedian finalists named
...including a former BGT star
18/12/2025 … The finalists in the Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year have been named.