Comics scoop British Podcast Awards
02/10/2025 … Nish Kumar, Ed Gamble and Elis James and John Robins have all truimphed at tonight British Podcast Awards.
2025 Archives
Thu 02 October 2025
Dutch Barn Spirit of Comedy Award
Review of the final of the Ricky Gervais-backed competition
02/10/2025 … Can we trust the wisdom of crowds? This new competition run by Dutch Barn vodka has one of the best prizes in comedy – a £5,000 cash prize and the chance…
© BBC Only Fools actor Patrick Murray dies at 68
Mickey Pearce actor had a history of ill health
02/10/2025 … Patrick Murray – who played Mickey Pearce in Only Fools And Horses – has died at the age of 68.
Harry Shearer pens a J Edgar Hoover musical
Premiering in London next summer
02/10/2025 … Simpsons and Spinal Tap star Harry Shearer has written a comedy musical about FBI founder J Edgar Hoover.
© Sky UK 'I’m the screen saver of Jamali’s mum’s phone'
Greg Davies on series 5 of Never Mind The Buzzcocks
02/10/2025 … As Never Mind the Buzzcocks returns for a fifth series, host Greg Davies talks 90s nostalgia, Taskmaster and his beef – or otherwise – with Jamali Maddix How…
© Dish/Waitrose/Cold Glass Production 'I had to cast my mum in Juice – I had no choice'
Mawaan Rizwan on his family dynamics, and attending clown school
02/10/2025 … Mawaan Rizwan says his mum would have ‘killed’ him if she wasn’t cast in his BBC comedy Juice – but that his dad has very little interest…
Stand-up fans asked to help fund Live Comedy Association
Voluntary £1 levy at Manchster's Frog & Bucket
02/10/2025 … Comedy fans going to shows at Manchester’s Frog & Bucket club are being asked to donate an extra £1 on the ticket price to support the Live Comedy…
Demetriou and Demri-Burns join Hollywood comedy
Detals of Close Personal Friends still under wraps
02/10/2025 … Stath Lets Flats stars Natasia Demetriou and Dustin Demri-Burns have joined the cast of a new Hollywood comedy film Close Personal Friends.