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Image shows from L to R: Ray Galton, Alan Simpson People

Galton & Simpson archive funding drive enters final push

Tuesday 20th May 2025

The University of York has launched a fundraising campaign to secure the archive of comedy writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The university needs to raise £30,000 to ensure that some of the archive's greatest gems, including The Blood Donor sketch script, aren't split up and sold into private hands.

Sherlock Holmes and The Twelve Days of Christmas. Image shows left to right: David Reed, Humphrey Ker. Credit: Ellie Kurttz Live

Humphrey Ker & David Reed play Holmes & Watson in festive musical

Tuesday 20th May 2025

Humphrey Ker and David Reed are to play Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson in Sherlock Holmes and The Twelve Days of Christmas, the festive comedy musical the pair have created with Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, with their co-stars including John Kearns and Margaret Cabourn-Smith.

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Anna Thomas writes and stars in BBC radio sitcom Gulls

Tuesday 20th May 2025

Anna Thomas has landed her debut radio sitcom, with the winner of the 2021 BBC New Comedy Award writing and starring in Gulls, a 30-minute talent taster for BBC Radio Wales, about best friends Bonnie and Llinos who have been each other's corner of sanity while growing up in the small seaside town of Burry Port.

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Sophie Willan reveals pregnancy

Monday 19th May 2025

Alma's Not Normal star Sophie Willan has announced she is expecting a baby boy in November.

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Robin Ince publishes poetry collection

Thursday 15th May 2025

Robin Ince has written his debut poetry collection, Ice Cream For A Broken Tooth. He will be performing a companion live show at the Edinburgh Fringe, one of four shows that the comic is taking to the festival.

Have I Got News For You USA. Image shows left to right: Michael Ian Black, Roy Wood Jr, Amber Ruffin TV

Have I Got News For You USA renewed for Series 3

Wednesday 14th May 2025

The American version of Have I Got News For You has just been renewed by CNN for a third series. Later this month US host Roy Wood Jr will transfer across the pond to guest host an episode of the British version again.

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Newcastle gets a new comedy club at Digital nightclub

Wednesday 14th May 2025

Digital Laughs is a new comedy night launching in Newcastle Upon Tyne on Saturday 5th July. The opening show will feature Nabil Abdulrashid, Esther Manito, Dean Coughlin and Si Beckwith.

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Aisling Bea and Sam Campbell to play Angel Comedy Street Party 2025

Wednesday 14th May 2025

The fourth annual Angel Comedy Street Party, an event raising funds for the Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants, takes place on Sunday 25th May with acts including Aisling Bea and Sam Campbell.

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Shaun The Sheep Series 7 starts on BBC on Saturday 24th May

Wednesday 14th May 2025

The seventh series of Shaun The Sheep, marking the character's 30th anniversary, begins on the BBC on Saturday 24th May.

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Simon Pegg's Toy Story

Tuesday 13th May 2025

Simon Pegg has been immortalised as an adult toy, he has revealed.

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