Bristol Comedy Competition Semi-Final One
23/01/2025 … Bristol has always punched above its weight when producing comedians, and the city’s new comedy festival – in addition to the big-name Comedy Garden…
Thu 23 January 2025
It's Winston Church-Hal!
Comic Cruttenden to play the wartime leader
23/01/2025 … Hal Cruttenden is to play Winston Churchill in a new film based on the origins of the welfare state.
© HBO Hacks comes to Sky TV
Acclaimed US comedy about a Vegas stand-up reinventing her ageing act
23/01/2025 … Highly acclaimed US comedy Hacks is coming to British TV.
Amandaland trailer
First look at the BBC's Motherland spin-off
23/01/2025 … The BBC has released the trailer for its Motherland spin-off Amandaland.
© Netflix Comic in hot water over 'ham' joke
Malaysian stand-up Harith Iskander accused of 'making fun of Islamic teachings'
23/01/2025 … Malaysian comedian Harith Iskander faces police action after making a pun about the word ‘ham’ deemed to have mocked Islam.
© Big Talk/Apple TV+ Can Noel Fielding’s Dick Turpin comedy be salvaged?
Producers 'looking to make a special' from footage already shot
23/01/2025 … Producers of Noel Fielding’s abandoned Dick Turpin comedy are hoping to salvage enough footage to be able to make an hour-long special, it has been suggested.
Wed 22 January 2025
Vislor Antilly, the canine star of Ricky Gervais's After Life, dies at 13
22/01/2025 … Vislor Antilly, the German Shepherd who played Brandy, Ricky Gervais’ sidekick in After Life, has died at the age of 13.
Glamrou: Drag Mother
Performer's new autobiographical show at the Soho Theatre
22/01/2025 … ‘Complicated,’ is the best – yet somehow still barely adequate – way of describing Glamrou’s relationship with their mother.