Bob Mortimer wins Taskmaster series 5
Now returns for a Champion of Champions challenge
02/11/2017 … Bob Mortimer is to take part in the Taskmaster ‘Champion of Champions’ special after triumphing in the fifth series last night.
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Thu 02 November 2017
Benidorm stage show to tour in 2018
'It'll be the brash comedy you've come to love'
02/11/2017 … Benidorm is being turned into a stage show that will tour the UK next year.
Four Weddings And A Funeral could become a TV show
02/11/2017 … American comedian Mindy Kaling is working on a US adaptation of Four Weddings And A Funeral for TV An anthology series of hour-long episodes inspired by the the…
Wed 01 November 2017
Flight of the Conchords add 11 dates
...as promoters clamp down on touts
01/11/2017 … Flight of the Conchords have announced 11 more dates in their UK and Ireland tour.
Omid Djalili releases stand-up special for free
...but asks for donations for cancer research
01/11/2017 … Omid Djalili has released his 2015 stand-up show Iranalamadingdong online for free.
Gilligan sells mo tickets
Comic fills London theatre 12 times over
01/11/2017 … Mo Gilligan has sold out 12 nights at London’s Leicester Square Theatre in 24 hours – despite having almost no mainstream profile.
© ITV Anna Maxwell Martin joins Good Omens
More casting news for Gaiman/Pratchett comedy
01/11/2017 … More casting has been announced for Good Omens, the TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s comedy fantasy.
Aziz Ansari accepts a Bafta award
...and he's pretty pissed off about it
01/11/2017 … Aziz Ansari has picked up Bafta’s Charlie Chaplin Britannia Award for Excellence In Comedy in Los Angeles – and instantly blasted the prize.