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LGBTQ+ New Comedian of the Year 2025 finalists. Image shows left to right: Ciara Barnes, Dom McGovern, Chloe Reynolds, Esther, Josh Sedman Live

LGBTQ+ New Comedian of the Year 2025 finalists

Tuesday 27th May 2025

Ciara Barnes, Sean Barnham, Esther, Jack Henry, Sydney May, Dominic McGovern, Chloe Reynolds, Josh Sedman and Rhys Thorne will compete in the LGBTQ+ New Comedian of the Year 2025 final.

Image shows left to right: Jamali Maddix, GK Barry. Credit: Matt Crockett, James Rudland TV

Jamali Maddix and GK Barry join 'Jimmy Carr's Am I The A**hole?'

Monday 26th May 2025

Jimmy Carr's Am I The A**hole?, the new show coming to Comedy Central, will feature Jamali Maddix and social media influencer GK Barry as regular panellists.

Brassic TV

Broadcast Digital Awards 2025 nominees

Saturday 24th May 2025

Brassic, Daddy Issues, Dinosaur, Only Child, Smoggie Queens and Trying are up for Best Comedy Programme in the Broadcast Digital Awards 2025.

Go Get Arty. Harry Hill TV

Harry Hill voices paintbrush in CBBC art series featuring comedians

Friday 23rd May 2025

Harry Hill is voicing an irreverent animated paintbrush in Go Get Arty, a CBBC 'how to' art series featuring guests including Katherine Ryan, Romesh Ranganathan, Tom Allen and Aisling Bea.

Piglets TV

Piglets Series 2 begins filming

Thursday 22nd May 2025

Production is underway on the second series of Piglets, the ITV comedy set in a police training centre. Two new recruits are joining the show: motormouth Danni and enigmatic Connor.

Ricky Gervais: Armageddon. Ricky Gervais. Credit: Matt Crockett People

Ricky Gervais to get Hollywood Walk of Fame star

Wednesday 21st May 2025

Ricky Gervais will be honoured with the 2,813th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Friday 30th May.

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.

Sophie Willan People

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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