© Matty Ride-Smith Phil Ellis and Anna Thomas launch podcast
15/10/2025 … Taskmaster contestant Phil Ellis and fellow comic Anna Thomas are launching a new podcast called Early Worms.
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© Matt Stronge Adam Riches to tour as Sean Bean
15/10/2025 … Adam Riches is to tour a Christmas show in the guise of Sean Bean.
© BBC/Various Artists Limited Spent is spent
BBC drops Michelle de Swarte comedy
15/10/2025 … The BBC has dropped Michelle de Swarte’s semi-autobiographical comedy Spent after one series.
Tue 14 October 2025
© Channel 4 Taskmaster spreads its wings again
New versions for the Netherlands, Iceland and Estonia
14/10/2025 … New versions of Taskmaster are to be created in the Netherlands, Iceland and Estonia after producers Avalon sold the format rights.
Women In Comedy fest crowns its winners
Jessie Nixon for best show and Lulu Simons best newcomer
14/10/2025 … Jessie Nixon and Lulu Simons were crowned winners at this year’s Women In Comedy Festival in Manchester.
© Trevor Leighton Laura Smyth to make her Have I Got News For You debut
Comic will appear opposite ex-transport secretary Louise Haigh
14/10/2025 … Laura Smyth is to make her debut on Have I Got News For You later this month.
© UKTV Joe Wilkinson and David Earl make a series about classic sitcoms
The Office, Porridge and Fawlty Towers
14/10/2025 … Joe Wilkinson and David Earl are to present a new series visiting the filming locations of classic British sitcoms, it was announced today.
© BBC Shooting starts on Diane Morgan’s Ann Droid
Reunion with Motherland's Paul Ready as he and Sue Johnston join cast
14/10/2025 … The Royle Family star Sue Johnston and Motherland’s Paul Ready have joined the cast of Diane Morgan’s new BBC One sitcom Ann Droid.