Review of a gig to launch a new 24/7 comedy radio station
20/06/2026 … How else would comedy streaming service NextUp launch its spin-off radio station than with a stand-up gig? And who better to host it than Thanyia Moore, who always…
© NBC / Chris Haston / Album / Alamy Co-creator of Cheers and creative force behind so many hits
20/06/2026 … Veteran US sitcom director James Burrows – whose achievements include co-creating Cheers – has died at the age of 85.
19/06/2026 … The copyright fight over Spitting Image’s use of Paddington is heading to the High Court on Monday.
19/06/2026 … Mock The Week joins in the national conversation about the World Cup in the episode airing on Sunday, Fifa’s introduction of hydration breaks attracted…
Finalists named in Magners' Share The Craic competition
19/06/2026 … Five comedians will compete for a funded run at the Edinburgh Fringe this August, after a nationwide search that drew more than 500 entries.
19/06/2026 … Bill Gates has made a major investment in a promising new business venture.
An awkward encounter at the Makerfield by-election
19/06/2026 … Sky News’s chief political correspondent Jon Craig encountered Count Binface at the Makerfield by-election count last night – and was at a…
© Aemen Sukkar Jiksaw Stand-up tells a sceptical Tom Davis his career has just two more years
19/06/2026 … He’s one of the hardest-working men in comedy – but Romesh Ranganathan has suggested that he’ll walk away from it all in two years.
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