Comics named for Royal Variety show
Performing for Charles and Camilla
03/11/2016 … Alan Davies, Joe Lycett and Rob Beckett are to appear on this year's Royal Variety Performance.
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Thu 03 November 2016
Pay rise for BBC comedy writers
03/11/2016 … Writers of BBC TV comedies are to get a two per cent pay rise next year.
Wed 02 November 2016
Jack Whitehall, Peter Cook and John Shuttleworth
02/11/2016 … JACK and Michael Whitehall are to perform a live version of their TV show backchat – with Michael McIntyre among the guests.
Pun champ leads Midlands Comedy Award nominations
02/11/2016 … Black Country punsmith Masai Graham leads the shortlists for this year’s Midlands Comedy Awards, with four nominees.
Gadd almighty
Comic named second most important cultural figure in Scotland
02/11/2016 … Richard Gadd has been named the second most influential arts and cultural figure in Scotland.
Tue 01 November 2016
© UKTV Gold Revealed: Who's in Taskmaster series 4
...and there's more than one woman!
01/11/2016 … The comedians taking on ridiculous challenges in the next series of Taskmaster have been revealed.
Filming starts on Ghost Stories
With Martin Freeman and Paul Whitehouse
01/11/2016 … Paul Whitehouse and Martin Freeman are to star in a movie version of West End hit Ghost Stories.
Paul Merton to host Film 2016
Doc Brown presents an episode too
01/11/2016 … Paul Merton and Doc Brown are to present the BBC’s flagship movie programme Film 2016.