Rob Beckett: I'm quitting touring to spent time with my family
Comic plans a decade away from the road
20/03/2025 … Rob Beckett has said he’s quitting touring to spend more time with his family.
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Thu 20 March 2025
© Peter Rogan Film offers a rare peak at Ken Dodd's private life
...including extracts from the notebooks he wanted to be destroyed
20/03/2025 … Extracts from notebooks belonging to Sir Ken Dodd are to be broadcast for the first time in a new documentary about the comedian.
© Nina Prommer/ZUMA Press Wire Marty Callner, pioneer of the comedy special, dies at 78
He directed the very first HBO stand-up show
20/03/2025 … Marty Callner, who directed numerous American comedy specials, has died at 78.
© BBC/CTVC Helen Lederer and Daliso Chaponda undertake BBC's Pilgrimage
Comedians take on 300km trek through the Alps
20/03/2025 … Daliso Chaponda and Helen Lederer are among the celebrities taking part in this years’ BBC Pilgrimage.
Wed 19 March 2025
© Associated Press / Alamy Stock Photo HBO to air Brett Goldstein's first stand-up special
The Second Best Night Of Your Life coming in April
19/03/2025 … Brett Goldstein has recorded his first special, which will air on America’s HBO next month.
Jamie Demetriou cast in Charli XCX film
...as Stath Lets Flats comes to Netflix
19/03/2025 … Jamie Demetriou has joined the cast of Charli XCX's music mockumentary The Moment.
© BBC Steve Coogan and Charlotte Ritchie join crime drama Legends
Netflix series from the creator of The Gold
19/03/2025 … Steve Coogan and Ghosts star Charlotte Ritchie have joined the cast of a new Netflix series based on a real-life undercover customs operation.
New podcast from Kemah Bob
...as Everything Is News returns
19/03/2025 … Kemah Bob is launching a podcast called Icebergs, described as an ‘intimate and safe space for unfiltered, open-hearted conversations’ with guests.