Meet the 100-year-old Taskmaster contestant!
Alex Horne takes his format to a care home
03/06/2025 … Alex Horne has staged a Taskmaster challenge for residents of an Oxfordshire care home.
2025 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 03 June 2025
© Jess Shurte Edinburgh Fringe launches its 2025 printed programme
Fewer comedy shows than at this point last year
03/06/2025 … The printed edition of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme has been unveiled today.
Mon 02 June 2025
2025 Balham Comedy Festival line-up announced
13th year for South London event
02/06/2025 … South London’s Banana Cabaret has announced the line-up for their 2025 Balham Comedy Festival.
Unseen Mitch Hedberg pilot emerges
...thanks to Doug Stanhope. Watch it here
02/06/2025 … Rare footage of late American stand-up Mitch Hedberg has resurfaced – thanks to fellow comic Doug Stanhope.
© HArry Hill Brush up on your art, says Harry Hill
Comic backs Bradford City of Culture project
02/06/2025 … Harry Hill is backing a new nationwide drawing project inspired by David Hockney.
Futuristic new podcast from Richard Ayoade and Warwick Davis
Comics discuss robots, self-driving cars, immortality and more...
02/06/2025 … Richard Ayoade and Warwick Davis will this week launch a comedy podcast examining the future of humanity.
Five Scottish to comics release free stand-up specials
Summer Laughs series to launch this month
02/06/2025 … Scottish comedians Marc Jennings, Christopher Macarthur-Boyd, Rosco Mcclelland, Liam Withnail and Stuart McPherson are to release stand-up specials for free…
WTF? Marc Maron ends his podcast after 16 years
'It's been an incredible time'
02/06/2025 … Marc Maron is bringing his WTF podcast to an end after 16 years and more than 1,600 episodes.