Rishi Sunak faces the music
London musical comedy bids farewell to the PM
26/06/2024 … Rishi Sunak is getting a satirical stage send-off – with a new stage musical dedicated to the soon-to-be-ex-Prime Minister.
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Wed 26 June 2024
© Channel 4 Comics up for Edinburgh TV awards 2024
Including Joe Lycett, Bridget Christie, Rose Matafeo and Rhod Gilbert
26/06/2024 … Joe Lycett, Bridget Christie, Rose Matafeo and Rhod Gilbert are among the comedians nominated in this year’s Edinburgh TV Festival awards.
Tue 25 June 2024
Lara Ricote stars in C4 cost-of-living romcom
Alongside Ladhood's Samuel Bottomley and comics Leo Reich and Jamali Maddix
25/06/2024 … Comedian Lara Ricote is to star in a new Channel 4 comedy pilot about romance in the cost-of-living crisis.
© Channel 4 Mackenzie Crook to direct The Change
Filming starts soon on series 2 of Bridget Christie's comedy
25/06/2024 … Mackenzie Crook is to direct series 2 of Bridget Christie’s Channel 4 comedy The Change.
© BBC Studios Two Doors Down 'set to be a stage show'
Star Doon Mackichan says plans are afoot
25/06/2024 … A stage version of Two Doors Down is in the pipeline, star Doon Mackichan has revealed.
The comic making his Edinburgh Fringe debut at 81
Former adman Jeffrey Stark took to stand-up to liven up retirement
25/06/2024 … Comedian Jeffrey Stark is making his Edinburgh Fringe debut – at the age of 81.
Sun 23 June 2024
Carry On will be back – as a panto
15 simultaneous 'big name' shows planned to revive the franchise
23/06/2024 … The Carry On franchise will be rebooted with a series of 15 pantomimes across the UK, says the company that owns the rights to the name.
© BBC Mark Steel is back in town
The week's best comedy on TV, radio and streaming
23/06/2024 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Monday June 24 MARK STEEL’S IN TOWN: The comic returns to Radio 4 after his cancer…