Chris Ramsey and Emily Atack do Who Do You Think You Are?
05/05/2023 … Chris Ramsey and Emily Atack have delved into their family histories for the next series of Who Do You Think You Are? BBC One’s genealogy show returns for…
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Tim Key and Tom Basden to star in new comedy movie
One For The Money also stars Carey Mulligan
04/05/2023 … Tim Key and Tom Basden are to star in a new comedy film about an eccentric lottery winner who lives on a remote island.
Kunt cleans up his act (a bit) for anti-royal anthem
Punk outfit change their name in a bid for BBC airplay
04/05/2023 … Comedy punk band The Kunts are releasing a Coronation protest song tomorrow – and have even changed their name in a bid to get BBC airplay.
Meet the British comedian who wrote Germany's Eurovision entry
Anthony J Brown provided lyrics for Lord Of The Lost's Blood & Glitter
04/05/2023 … When Eurovision comes to Liverpool next week, British comedian Anthony J Brown will be rooting for the Germans – and that’s because he helped…
2023 Sky Comedy Rep winners announced
New one-act plays to be presented on stage
04/05/2023 … The programme has been announced for this year’s Sky Comedy Rep series of one-act plays.
Edinburgh Fringe venue seeks acts
New promoters take over Apex's Grassmarket spaces
04/05/2023 … A newly reopened Edinburgh Fringe venue is on the lookout for comedy shows to fill its programme.
© Ellis O'Brien/Phil McIntyre Televisio Jayde Adams is back in the neighbourhood
Comic's podcast and Radio 4 series to return
04/05/2023 … Jayde Adams’s comedy show Welcome To The Neighbourhood is to return to Radio 4 for second series.
© Helen Murray Tom Basden’s Accidental Death Of An Anarchist heads to the West End
Starring Daniel Rigby and Tony Gardner
04/05/2023 … Tom Basden’s adaptation of The Accidental Death Of An Anarchist is to transfer to the West End.