Diane Morgan comedy Ann Droid has been commissioned for a second series. The news comes after series one launched with 7.6million viewers in its first 28 days – making it the BBC’s second biggest new ...

Kate Dolan has won the Comedians’ Choice Award for the best show at the Edinburgh Fringe, And Marty Gleeson was named best newcomer. On picking up her award for Trout, Dolan said: ’I’m the happiest ...

The shortlists have been announced for the ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards, just moments after the main Edinburgh Comedy Awards also announced their nominees.

Friday Night Dinner creator Robert Popper has written a new multi-generational comedy for Netflix. Marbles will star Robert Webb, Timothy Spall, Alexandra Roach, Denise Welch and Loo Brealey. The ...

As an economist who has spent his career modelling climate change scenarios, Dr Matt Winning knows more about the catastrophic consequences of carbon emissions than most. So he'd be forgiven if his ...

Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee is making a new mockumentary set in the high-stakes world of competitive Irish dancing. The six-part Netflix series will be shot in Northern Ireland next year.

BREAKING NEWS: The Edinburgh Comedy Awards have announced their 2026 nominees. This is the fourth nomination for Cantrill and the third for Dan Tiernan and Spencer Jones. In a statement, awards ...

Stopping at the Fringe for just a handful of nights, Wally Baram is a rising cult star in America, with writing and acting credits including English Teacher and What We Do In The Shadows, and a ...

Enrico Touché has a great monochrome look from his eyebrows to his specs – and hair that looks like it's made out of liquorice shoelaces.

Affable Irish journeyman Killian Sundermann returns to the Fringe for a third time with this inconsequential hour, finding him in the midst of nothin’ much, and bearing some very low-stakes ...

America’s Got Talent silver medallist Chris Turner has a very specific set of skills, the use of which he lays out at the top of the show. In this hour, he asks you your name and something that you ...

Comedian Ola Labib is to receive an honorary fellowship from Rose Bruford College, a theatre school in South-East London.