Comics are hired for Celebrity Apprentice
Eddie Kadi and Shazia Mirza taking part in Christmas specials
05/11/2025 … Comics Eddie Kadi and Shazia Mirza are to take part in a Celebrity version of The Apprentice this Christmas.
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Wed 05 November 2025
A day to celebrate live comedy
Radio 4 to record a raft of stand-up specials to mark the new initiative
05/11/2025 … April Fool’s Day next year is to be branded as Live Comedy Day as a way to celebrate the sector and those working within it.
Tue 04 November 2025
Gabby Logan to host Have I Got News For You
04/11/2025 … New Match Of The Day presenter Gabby Logan is to host Have I Got News For You for the first time.
Johnny Vegas wants to get Britain drawing
Comic joins City Of Culture project
04/11/2025 … Johnny Vegas has been announced as the November featured artist for Draw!, a nationwide drawing project presented by Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture.
Jason Manford to star in Something Rotten!
UK premiere a decade after Broadway success
04/11/2025 … Jason Manford is to return to the stage in the comedy musical Something Rotten! in Manchester next summer.
© Andy Hollingworth Archive Madeleine Brettingham wins Beat The Frog's 'world series'
Irish comic Rob Nother takes the panel prize
04/11/2025 … Madeleine Brettingham won the Beat The Frog World Series contest for new stand-ups at Manchester's Frog and Bucket comedy club last night.
© Channel 4 Taskmaster plans a live tour
Producers ask fans where Greg Davies and Alex Horne should visit
04/11/2025 … Greg Davies and Alex Horne are set to take Taskmaster on the road.
Mon 03 November 2025
© Rachel Sherlock Sara Pascoe wins Jilly Cooper book award
Comedy Women In Print unveil their winners
03/11/2025 … Sara Pascoe’s debut novel has won a literary prize handed out in honour of the late Jilly Cooper.