When will Taskmaster series 18 air?
Channel 4 confirms launch date
28/08/2024 … Taskmaster is set to return to Channel 4 at 9pm on Thursday, September 12, it has been announced.
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Wed 28 August 2024
Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club returns
With Roisin Conaty the first guest
28/08/2024 … Sara Pascoe and Cariad Lloyd have announced a second series of hit podcast, Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club.
Management deal for Anniki Sommerville
Writer and internet comedian signs to MonRae.
28/08/2024 … Writer, podcaster and internet comedian Anniki Sommerville has joined the books of MonRae Management.
Tue 27 August 2024
Inbetweeners reunion? 'There have been talks' says Joe Thomas
And he thinks all his co-stars would be up for it
27/08/2024 … Conversations about an Inbetweeners reunion have ‘happened in various forms’, star Joe Thomas has revealed.
Mon 26 August 2024
Don't take the Fringe for granted
Festival chief's warning despite 2.6m ticket sales
26/08/2024 … Edinburgh Fringe boss Shona McCarthy has warned that the festival should not be taken for granted as it was announced that around 2.
More venues drop Reginald D Hunter
Continued fallout from antisemitism storm
26/08/2024 … More venues have cancelled Reginald D Hunter gigs after his run-in with hecklers at the Edinburgh Fringe sparked an antisemitism storm.
Sun 25 August 2024
Ben Elton preps his new tour
25/08/2024 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed – but a relatively muted week following the excesses…
Comics front Paralympics shows
The Last Leg, Foot Fault, I Am Darren and the best of the rest of the week's TV comedy
25/08/2024 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Tuesday August 27 ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING: Martin Short, Steve Martin and Selena…