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.
2025 Archives
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.
How Flight of the Conchords nearly got kicked out of the Edinburgh Fringe
For touting tickets to their own debut
16/05/2025 … Flight of the Conchords could have been booted out of their first Edinburgh Fringe for touting their own tickets, fellow comic David O’Doherty has revealed.
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.
© BBC Studios Timothy Spall: 'Tragedy is a piece of piss'
15/05/2025 … He’s received plenty of acclaim and accolades for heavyweight drama roles over the years – but Timothy Spall says ‘tragedy is a piece of piss’……
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.