© Yoshitaka Kono Kae Kurd to host Edinburgh TV awards
...which will honour Killing Eve's Jodie Comer
14/10/2021 … Kae Kurd is to host this year’s Edinburgh TV Awards, it has been announced.
Thu 14 October 2021
© Yoshitaka Kono Wed 13 October 2021
Shrill star Patti Harrison to make her UK stand-up debut
Comic 'poised to become the most visible working trans comedian in America’
13/10/2021 … American actress and comedian Patti Harrison is to make her UK stand-up debut next month She appears in Shrill alongside Aidy Bryant and Lolly Adefope…
Tue 12 October 2021
© Koury Angelo Bill Burr to play Just For Laughs
Montreal festival announces its first show of 2022
12/10/2021 … Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival has unveiled its first live gig for 2022: Bill Burr.
Mon 11 October 2021
New podcast from Shane Todd
An alternative guide to Irish history
11/10/2021 … Northern Irish comedian Shane Todd is to launch a new podcast offering an alternative guide to Irish history.
Jack Whitehall in new production deal
Two-year contract to develop new shows
11/10/2021 … Jack Whitehall has signed an exclusive two-year deal with production company Banijay UK to develop unscripted projects.
Fri 08 October 2021
Comedy agent Ellie Cahill-Nicholls joins DLT
Talent-spotter was previously with Noel Gay
08/10/2021 … Comedy agent Ellie Cahill-Nicholls has joined DLT Entertainment, the group whose raft of management companies already includes Andrew Roach Talent, The Galton Agency,…
Thu 07 October 2021
Live dates for Something Rhymes With Purple
Gyles Brandreth and Susie Dent's podcast hits the road
07/10/2021 … Something Rhymes With Purple, the podcast in which Gyles Brandreth and Countdown’s dictionary maven Susie Dent examine the origin of words and phrases, has…
Tue 05 October 2021
NextUp arrives on smart TVs
Comedy streaming service's deal with Samsung and LG
05/10/2021 … Comedy streaming service NextUp has been added to Samsung and LG smart TVs.