© Simon Wilkinson/SWpix.com Ricky Gervais and Comedy Store announce gigs in North London venue
05/10/2020 … North London venue The Forum is to host a string of socially distanced comedy gigs - including a warm-up show from Ricky Gervais and a series of Comedy Store line-ups with…
In conversation with Bernardine Evaristo
05/10/2020 … Dawn French is to be in conversation with Booker Prize winner Bernardine Evaristo to mark the launch of the comedian’s new novel, Because Of You.
© BBC Grumbles after Sophie Duker's Frankie Boyle appearance
02/10/2020 … BBC chiefs have revealed that they received 1,305 complaints after Sophie Duker joked about killing while people.
© Ibsan73/CC BY-SA 2.0 Her production company launches new writing competition
01/10/2020 … Olivia Colman’s production company is launching a comedy script competition for writer-performers.
Satirical horror film out in November
29/09/2020 … Satirical horror movie Bad Hair has been given a UK release date.
Jimmy Carr, Noel Fielding and Gina Yashere
29/09/2020 … Jimmy Carr, Noel Fielding and Gina Yashere have been added to the line-up of this year’s digital Just For Laughs Festival.
© UKTV/Gareth Gatrell Dimension Jump postponed to September 2021
29/09/2020 … The annual Red Dwarf fan convention has been postponed for a second time.
Pop-up performances to be staged across Birmingham
28/09/2020 … Frank Skinner and Janice Connolly – the comic behind stage creation Barbara Nice, pictured - are to write short plays to be performed around Birmingham.
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