Dara Ó Briain to host the Rose d'Or
Date set for international TV awards
08/05/2025 … Dara Ó Briain will host this year’s international Rose d’Or TV awards it has been announced.
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Thu 08 May 2025
Frank Skinner hailed for his podcast work
Winners of the first Golden Lobe awards announced
08/05/2025 … Frank Skinner won a ‘legend’ accolade for services to funny audio at a new podcast award ceremony last night.
Matt Hutchinson writes his NHS memoirs
Are You Really the Doctor? is about his experience of being a black healthcare worker
08/05/2025 … Matt Hutchinson has become the latest comedian to write his NHS memoirs.
Hold The Front Page! We're not coming back...
Nish Kumar and Josh Widdicombe’s local newspaper series is axed
08/05/2025 … Nish Kumar and Josh Widdicombe’s local newspaper series Hold The Front Page won’t be back for a third series, Sky has confirmed.
Will & Ralf Should Know Better gets a second series
With Will Mellor and Ralf Little trying stand-up for the first time
08/05/2025 … Will Mellor and Ralf Little are to make six more episodes of their U&Dave show Will & Ralf Should Know Better.
Final chapter for Yes, Prime Minister
Griff Rhys Jones to play Jim Hacker on the London stage
08/05/2025 … Griff Rhys Jones is to play Jim Hacker in the last ever instalment of Yes, Prime Minister.
Wed 07 May 2025
Edinburgh Fringe adds another 1,564 shows
Festival now boasts 1,205 comedy shows alone
07/05/2025 … Another 1,564 shows have been aded to the Edinburgh Fringe programme today, adding to the 1,792 shows revealed previously.
BBC’s head of comedy moves on
Tanya Qureshi goes to the drama department
07/05/2025 … The BBC’s head of comedy Tanya Qureshi is moving to the corporation's drama department.