Roisin Gallagher to return as recovering alcoholic Shiv Sheridan
08/01/2025 … ITV has commissioned a third and final series of its comedy The Dry, starring Roisin Gallagher as recovering alcoholic Shiv Sheridan.
© Elaine Livingstone 08/01/2025 … The Glasgow International Comedy Festival has unveiled its biggest line-up yet, with more than 550 shows.
Bursary scheme for 'mid-level' comedy creatives
08/01/2025 … Applications will open on Monday for ‘mid-level comedy creatives’ to join the third cohort of the BBC Comedy Collective.
BBC's private school comedy returns next month
08/01/2025 … Alan Cumming and Natalie Cassidy have joined the cast of BBC comedy Boarders.
© BBC/Monumental Comedy is the subject of tabloid speculation
08/01/2025 … Is Ghosts about to become a movie? The Daily Star today reports that a big-screen version of the hit BBC comedy is in the works, with filming set to start…
08/01/2025 … Australian comic Alice Fraser has announced a short UK tour to promote her new book.
Broadcaster was a club comic before breaking into TV
08/01/2025 … Johnny Ball is to write a book about his career in comedy before he became known as a children’s science presenter.
Gigs to showcase Edinburgh Fringe newcomers
07/01/2025 … The comedians in the running to be one of Chortle’s first Hotshots have been revealed.
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