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DAN ANTOPOLSKI: TURN OF THE CENTURY

Who’s the comic with an ear for dialogue and a bod for sin? Damn right it’s triple Perrier Award nominee, Dave Award for Funniest Joke of the Fringe 2009 winner, and veteran Fringe sell-out DAN ANTOPOLSKI who

JENNY ECLAIR: OLD DOG NEW TRICKS

Proving that there’s life in the old dog, off JENNY ECLAIR goes again with a brand new stand-up show. Having dug up some fresh new comedy bones, the Perrier Award winner and self-appointed Grumpy Head Girl is

NOT GOING OUT SERIES 1 - 3 DVD BOX SET RELEASED

Series one to three of Not Going Out, the Royal Television Society and Golden Rose award-winning BBC sitcom, written by and starring LEE MACK, are to be released in a special edition box set. Packed full of the

NOT GOING OUT SERIES 3 DVD RELEASED

The acclaimed third series of Not Going Out, the Royal Television Society and Golden Rose award-winning BBC ONE sitcom written by and starring LEE MACK, is to be released on DVD by Universal Pictures Playback.

GRUMPY GUIDE TO SCHOOLDAYS

Grumpy Guide to Schooldays is a brand new, one hour special from the makers of Grumpy Old Men and Grumpy Old Women in which our class of Nineteen Sixty Irate cast their curmudgeonly minds back to the-far-from-best

RUSSELL KANE TO EMBARK ON NATIONAL TOUR OF HIS EDINBURGH COMEDY AWARD WINNING SHOW

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ISY SUTTIE: LOVE LOST IN THE BRITISH RETAIL INDUSTRY - DEBUT NATIONAL TOUR

ISY SUTTIE, the acclaimed stand-up and British Comedy Awards ‘Best Female Newcomer’ nominee - best known as Peep Show’s Dobby and as star of BBC TWO’s brand new sitcom Whites - is to embark on her first

ALUN COCHRANE - BRAND NEW TOUR ANNOUNCED

ALUN COCHRANE’S JOKES. LIFE. AND JOKES ABOUT LIFE BRAND NEW TOUR ANNOUNCED Direct from his Edinburgh Fringe run this summer, sharp-witted and down to earth stand-up comic ALUN COCHRANE (as seen on BBC ONE’s

EDINBURGH 2010: CHRIS RAMSEY - 'AGGROPHOBIC'

The last year has seen CHRIS RAMSEY, star of last year’s Comedy Zone, support RUSSELL KANE and LEE MACK on tour, appear on Russell Howard’s Good News and sign-up to support AL MURRAY - THE PUB LANDLORD on his

EDINBURGH 2010: ROISIN CONATY - 'HERO, WARRIOR, FIREMAN, LIAR'

“A seriously talented young lady.” Time Out Earlier this year, ROISIN CONATY received an invite to give a talk to new graduates at her old convent school. After tiring herself with a dance of validation, she

EDINBURGH 2010: LEE NELSON'S 'WELL GOOD EDINBRA SHOW'

If u is readin this then u is an idiot coz u dont have to! If u is still reading this my name is Lee Nelson and Im a massive legend. I live in London and I done a TV show on BBC called Lee Nelson’s Well Good

EDINBURGH 2010: CHRIS ADDISON

CHRIS ADDISON, star of BBC TWO’s BAFTA winning comedy The Thick Of It and Oscar nominated film In The Loop, returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for the first time since 2005’s Perrier Award nominated

THE GAMES THAT TIME FORGOT - 26th JULY ON BBC FOUR

ALEX HORNE, author, award-winning comedian, and co-star and co-creator (alongside TIM KEY and MARK WATSON) of BBC Four’s comedy quiz show We Need Answers, has taken a completely different journey for a brand new

HEIR HUNTERS SERIES 2 AND 3

This summer sees Series 2 and 3 of popular observational documentary series Heir Hunters return for the second time to BBC ONE for an eight week run from 12th July. The show follows the work of a number of

EDINBURGH 2010: NAT LUURTSEMA - 'IN MY HEAD I'M A HERO'

This summer sees Chortle Best Newcomer 2008 nominee NAT LUURTSEMA make her Edinburgh Festival Fringe solo show debut with In My Head I’m A Hero, a stand-up comedy show about yearning for crisis and being careful

EDINBURGH 2010: JIMMY McGHIE - 'THE ALL-POWERFUL WARRIOR WHO WITH HIS ENDURANCE AND INFLEXIBLE WILL TO WIN GOES FROM CONQUEST TO CONQUEST LEAVING FIRE IN HIS WAKE'

Following the critical success of his 2009 solo debut, The Northern Meeting, JIMMY McGHIE returns to the Festival with his second full-hour of confessional, character-filled stand-up. This year he explores his lack

EDINBURGH 2010: THE COMEDY ZONE

The Fringe’s longest running stand-up showcase is back for its 20th year with four of the freshest talents on the circuit. Recognised as the place to catch the best new stand-ups on the Fringe, The Comedy Zone

EDINBURGH 2010: RICHARD HERRING - 'AS IT OCCURS TO ME

Hold on to your cumpkins! One-off performance of the Sony Award nominated comedy podcast starring RICHARD HERRING. An hour of brand new stand up and sketches about the first two weeks of the Edinburgh Fringe,

EDINBURGH 2010: GARETH RICHARDS - 'STAND UP BETWEEN SONGS'

GARETH RICHARDS, regular on Frank Skinner’s Absolute Radio Show and star of 2009’s Comedy Zone, brings his debut solo show to the Edinburgh Festival. Performing stand-up between some poignant and genre-defying

EDINBURGH 2010: ALEX HORNE - 'TASKMASTER'

He’s not just a nice guy who does semi-educational comedy shows about mildly eccentric subjects. In his free time, ALEX HORNE is the Taskmaster. It all started last August when he was at home, looking after a

EDINBURGH 2010: ROB DEERING - 'ROB DEERING'S BEAT THIS'

Rob Deering’s Beat This, the cult comedy music quiz featuring a quartet of star guests, comes to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for an exclusive six-night run. Fresh from London’s Leicester Square Theatre -

EDINBURGH 2010: GREG DAVIES - 'FIRING CHEESEBALLS AT A DOG'

GREG DAVIES, one-third of if.comeddie-nominated sketch troupe WE ARE KLANG and star of BAFTA-winning show The Inbetweeners, brings his first solo hour of stand-up to the Fringe with Firing Cheeseballs At A Dog. Can

EDINBURGH 2010: RICHARD HERRING - 'CHRIST ON A BIKE! THE SECOND COMING'

Jesus Christ - Son of God! Saviour of mankind! Superstar! RICHARD HERRING - Son of Keith, a retired headmaster! Once saved a spider that had become trapped in his bath, only crushing three of its legs in the

EDINBURGH 2010: LAURA SOLON - 'THE OWL OF STEVEN'

Following the critical success of last year’s sell-out show, Perrier Award winner LAURA SOLON returns to Edinburgh with The Owl Of Steven, a grown up adventure mystery story inspired by 8 year old Laura Solon’s

EDINBURGH 2010: SADIE HASLER - 'LADY BONES'

This summer, SADIE HASLER (Al Murray’s Multiple Personality Disorder, ITV1) makes her Edinburgh solo-show debut with an hour of darkly comic characters. Fresh from performing at the Melbourne Comedy Festival and

EDINBURGH 2010: DOMESTIC GODDI - 'WONDERLAND'

Back after sell-out shows in 2008 and 2009, Funny Women Finalists DOMESTIC GODDI return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with Wonderland. Get ready for a brand new sketch show from The Herald’s Pick of the Fringe

EDINBURGH 2010: DAN ANTOPOLSKI - 'TURN OF THE CENTURY'

Who’s the comic with an ear for dialogue and a bod for sin? Damn right it’s Triple Perrier Award Nominee, veteran Fringe sell-out and Winner of the 2009 Dave Award for Funniest Joke of the Fringe DAN ANTOPOLSKI

EDINBURGH 2010: ALEX HORNE - 'ODDS'

ALEX HORNE, award-winning comedian and star and co-creator (alongside TIM KEY and MARK WATSON) of BBC Four’s comedy quiz show We Need Answers, returns to Edinburgh with his brand new stand-up show, Odds.

EDINBURGH 2010: RUSSELL KANE - 'SMOKESCREENS & CASTLES'

After a critically acclaimed, sell-out 2009 Edinburgh run, triple Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here Now! presenter RUSSELL KANE returns with Smokescreens & Castles, a

LONG LIVE ALEX

ALEX HORNE EMBARKS ON QUEST TO BECOME THE WORLD’S OLDEST MAN This summer ALEX HORNE launches his record breaking attempt to become the world’s oldest man. Over the next few months, ALEX who is currently the

LEE NELSON'S WELL GOOD SHOW - BRAND NEW COMEDY SERIES STARTS ON BBC THREE, 10TH JUNE AT 10:30PM

This brand new comedy show for BBC THREE welcomes viewers into the world of the irrepressible LEE NELSON. Join always-loveable south-London tearaway LEE as he fronts Lee Nelson’s Well Good Show, getting in

BADDIEL & SKINNER REUNITE AS ABSOLUTE RADIO’S SUMMER VOICE OF FOOTBALL WITH A BRAND NEW SERIES OF THEIR SONY AWARD NOMINATED PODCASTS

BADDIEL & SKINNER are to reunite on Absolute Radio this summer, resuming their position as the unofficial voice of football, supported by Sony Ericsson, Official Mobile Handset of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™.

DON'T GET DONE GET DOM - BRAND NEW SERIES FROM 24TH MAY ON BBC1

DOMINIC LITTLEWOOD’S award-winning consumer show, Don’t Get Done Get Dom returns to BBC ONE (10 X 45mins) this spring for its fourth series. This time around DOM, Britain’s best loved people’s champion,

AVALON’S EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE LINE-UP 2010

Avalon is to launch a bill of award-winning comics, including two Perrier Award winners and five if.comedy/Perrier Award nominees, as it returns for its 22nd Festival Fringe this August. The full line-up features:

T-34 DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL

Comedian Al Murray (The Pub Landlord) will be swapping his bar stool for a drum stool when his band, T-34 appears at The Download Festival on Sunday 13th June at 6.00pm on The Red Bull Stage. Al said “I’ve

GRUMPY GUIDE TO THE EIGHTIES

Grumpy Guide To The Eighties is a brand new, one-hour special from the makers of Grumpy Old Men and Grumpy Old Women, in which a very-cross-section of Grumps (old and young…ish) wax irritable about the decade that

FRANK SKINNER'S OPINIONATED, STARTS 16TH APRIL 2010 ON BBC TWO

This spring, multi-award-winning stand-up comedian FRANK SKINNER returns to BBC TWO with a brand new topical comedy series, Frank Skinner’s Opinionated. Each week FRANK will be joined by two fellow comedians and,

KRISTEN SCHAAL & KURT BRAUNOHLER IN PENELOPE PRINCESS OF PETS - 19TH APRIL ON CHANNEL 4

Edinburgh Comedy Award nominees KRISTEN SCHAAL (star of BBC Four’s Flight of the Conchords and US Esquire’s ‘Funniest Woman on Television’) and KURT BRAUNOHLER are joined by The Mighty Boosh’s JULIAN

RUSSELL HOWARD: RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW - NEW ARENA TOUR FOR SPRING 2011

It was announced today (23rd March 2010) that RUSSELL HOWARD is to embark on a brand new arena tour, Right Here, Right Now, which will see the comic perform at some of the country’s biggest venues, including the

CHRIS ADDISON EXTENDS STAND UP TOUR INTO AUTUMN 2010 - 22 NEW DATES ADDED

CHRIS ADDISON, star of BBC TWO’s BAFTA winning comedy The Thick Of It who recently appeared alongside JAMES GANDOLFINI and PETER CAPALDI in ARMANDO IANNUCCI’S British Comedy Award winning In The Loop, has

AL MURRAY THE PUB LANDLORD: BRAND NEW TOUR ANNOUNCED

Multi award-winning AL MURRAY, THE PUB LANDLORD is back on the road this autumn to roll out his Barrel of Fun, a brand new stand-up tour for 2010. Following the success of last year’s three time extended

RUSSELL HOWARD'S GOOD NEWS RETURNS TO BBC THREE - FROM 25TH MARCH 2010

RUSSELL HOWARD returns to BBC Three this spring with a brand new series of Russell Howard’s Good News. The hit show’s debut run was the most requested BBC Three programme on iPlayer last year, and the

GRUMPY OLD WOMEN LIVE 2: CHIN UP BRITAIN - HIT SHOW TRANSFERS TO WEST END FOR EIGHT-WEEK RUN FROM APRIL 2010

“An evening of Olympic-class whingeing about the state of the world, the collapse of good manners and the general ineptitude of men … Some of the mediations on mortality and the fading of desire could almost

CHRIS ADDISON LIVE - BRAND NEW STAND UP TOUR FROM 5TH FEBRUARY 2010

CHRIS ADDISON, star of BBC TWO’s BAFTA winning comedy The Thick Of It who recently appeared alongside JAMES GANDOLFINI and PETER CAPALDI in ARMANDO IANNUCCI’S British Comedy Award winning In The Loop, is to

ALEX HORNE - AWARD WINNING COMIC AND STAR OF BBC FOUR'S WE NEED ANSWERS - EMBARKS ON BRAND NEW TOUR FROM 15TH JANUARY 2010

Award winning comedian and star and co-creator (alongside TIM KEY and MARK WATSON) of BBC Four’s comedy quiz show We Need Answers ALEX HORNE is to embark on a 35-date national tour from 15th January 2010.

DAVE GORMAN: SIT DOWN, PEDAL, PEDAL, STOP AND STAND UP TOUR EXTENDED INTO SPRING 2010

In 2009 DAVE GORMAN did two things at the same time. He set out to cycle between the four corners of the British mainland, from south to east to west to north - and, five years after he last toured the UK, do a gig

RICHARD HERRING: HITLER MOUSTACHE - HIT EDINBURGH SHOW ON TOUR FROM JANUARY 2010

In one of the most talked about sell-out shows of this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, RICHARD HERRING - creator of previous hits Christ on a Bike, Talking Cock and last year’s critically acclaimed The

LEE MACK TOUR EXTENDED INTO AUTUMN 2010 - 70,000 EXTRA TICKETS NOW ON SALE

BAFTA-winning stand-up LEE MACK, writer and star of BBC ONE’S hugely popular primetime sitcom Not Going Out (Royal Television Society and Golden Rose award-winner), has extended his brand new stand-up tour due to

GRIFF RHYS JONES, DARA O'BRIAIN & RORY MCGRATH - THREE MEN GO TO IRELAND ON BBC TWO THIS CHRISTMAS

An Englishman, an Irishman, and a Welshman are on a ferry headed for Dublin… GRIFF RHYS JONES, DARA O’BRIAIN and RORY MCGRATH are back on BBC TWO this Christmas for the fourth voyage in their hit Three Men In A

TRIPLE EDINBURGH COMEDY AWARD NOMINEE AND 'I'M A CELEBRITY...' PRESENTER RUSSELL KANE TO TOUR FAKESPEARE

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GRUMPY GUIDE TO CHRISTMAS

Following the success of the long-running Grumpy Old Men and Grumpy Old Women series, a host of inveterate Grumps of both sexes (and varying ages) vent their collective spleen at the festive season this year in

AL MURRAY, THE PUB LANDLORD'S BEAUTIFUL BRITISH TOUR LIVE AT THE O2 OUT ON DVD 16TH NOVEMBER

Direct from THE GUV's largest lock-in, all hail to the ale this autumn as Al Murray - The Pub Landlord’s Beautiful British Tour Live at the O2 is released by ITV DVD on 16th November 2009. Recorded live this May

AWARD WINNING COMIC DAN ANTOPOLSKI EMBARKS ON FIRST NATIONAL TOUR

Direct from an award-winning Edinburgh run DAN ANTOPOLSKI, triple-Perrier Award nominee and winner of the Dave Award for the Funniest Joke of the Fringe 2009, is to embark on his first national tour. The star of

ANDY ZALTZMAN'S HISTORY OF THE THIRD MILLENNIUM, SERIES 1 OF 100

The undisputed, sporadically-acclaimed comedian ANDY ZALTZMAN (star of The Bugle podcast and Radio 4’s Political Animal) returns to BBC Radio 4 with his decade-by-decade comic analysis of the Third Millennium.

ALESHA DIXON: WHO’S YOUR DADDY?

You may know her as a singer, you may know her as a dancer, you may have seen her in the press, but Strictly Come Dancing’s latest addition to the judging panel, ALESHA DIXON, has taken a completely different

ONE STORY, SIX LIVES...MOUTH TO MOUTH - A NEW COMEDY DRAMA ON BBC THREE

Following the success of a one-off special, comedy-drama Mouth To Mouth returns to BBC THREE this November with a brand new six-part series of interwoven monologues. Set in noughties Britain, Mouth to Mouth deals

ADRIAN CHILES BRINGS THE WORLD CUP’S FUNNIEST MOMENTS TO DVD IN AN EXCLUSIVE EDITION OF MATCH OF THE DAY 2’S MUST SEE ROUND-UP ‘2 GOOD 2 BAD’

This Christmas ADRIAN CHILES presents the funniest moments in World Cup history in 2 Good 2 Bad - The World Cup, a feature length edition of Match of the Day 2’s must-see weekly round-up. ADRIAN, joined by former

HARRY HILL'S TV BURP GOLD 2 - DVD RELEASED 9TH NOVEMBER 2009

This autumn sees the release of Harry Hill’s TV Burp Gold 2, a new DVD packed with the most memorable clips, skits and quips from the archives of the four-time BAFTA-winning show. Following last year’s hugely

RUSSELL HOWARD TO HOST NEW TOPICAL SHOW ON BBC THREE

RUSSELL HOWARD is to make his BBC Three debut with a brand new topical show. Russell Howard’s Good News will be put together each week on the brink of transmission, so it’s impossible to call what news will

RICHARD HERRING – AS IT OCCURS TO ME

As It Occurs To Me is a revolutionary new ten-part weekly stand-up and sketch show written and performed by RICHARD HERRING which will only be available via internet download from iTunes and the British Comedy Guide

AVALON DISTRIBUTION SECURES ASIAN AND EUROPEAN SALES FOR MULTI-AWARD-WINNING SITCOM ‘NOT GOING OUT’

It was announced today (25th September 2009) that Avalon Distribution has sold LEE MACK’S Royal Television Society and Rose D’Or award-winning Not Going Out to Japan’s WOWOW and Sweden’s TV4. These most

PERRIER AWARD WINNER LAURA SOLON TO EMBARK ON NATIONAL TOUR

Direct from a totally sold out Edinburgh run, Perrier Award Winner LAURA SOLON (BBC ONE’s Ruddy Hell! It’s Harry and Paul, ITV1’s Al Murray’s Multiple Personality Disorder and Radio 4’s Talking and Not

HARRY HILL'S TV BURP RETURNS TO ITV1 - 10TH OCTOBER 2009

Harry Hill’s TV Burp returns this autumn, in a year that has seen HARRY add to his already impressive awards haul for the show, with another BAFTA Award and wins at both the British Comedy Awards and RTS

THINK YOURSELF BRITISH BY AL MURRAY, THE PUB LANDLORD - OUT 8TH OCTOBER

From the bestselling author of The Pub Landlord’s Book of British Common Sense comes Think Yourself British by Al Murray, The Pub Landlord. This autumn help yourself to Britain’s best ‘help yourself’ book

HARRY HILL'S TV BURP BOOK - OUT 8TH OCTOBER 2009

This autumn sees the release of the first ever Harry Hill’s TV Burp Book, packed with all-new jokes, puzzles, parodies, cartoons and games written exclusively for the book by the four-time BAFTA-winning comic.

RUSSELL HOWARD LIVE - DINGLEDODIES: NEW LIVE DVD RELEASED ON 9TH NOVEMBER 2009

RUSSELL HOWARD, star of BBC TWO’s Mock The Week, is to release his critically-acclaimed stand up show Dingledodies on DVD this autumn. Recorded during the twice extended tour which sold over 120,000 tickets

STORYVAULT.COM: NEW ORAL HISTORY SITE LAUNCHED TODAY BY FORMER ITV CHIEF EXECUTIVE

A CHANCE TO GIVE AN UNUSUAL GIFT TO SOMEONE YOU KNOW … IMMORTALITY How often have you heard a person speaking and thought "someone should record this before it's too late?” A new website launched today (8th

CHRIS ADDISON - NEW STAND UP TOUR ANNOUNCED FOR 2010

It was announced today (26th August 2009) that CHRIS ADDISON, star of BBC TWO’s BAFTA winning comedy The Thick Of It who recently appeared alongside JAMES GANDOLFINI and PETER CAPALDI in ARMANDO IANNUCCI’S hit

ALUN COCHRANE - BRAND NEW 30 DATE TOUR ANNOUNCED

2009 National Tour Sharp-witted stand-up comic ALUN COCHRANE, recognised for his recent TV appearances on Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow (BBC ONE) and his return as a panellist on popular satirical comedy

DAVE GORMAN: SIT DOWN, PEDAL, PEDAL, STOP AND STAND UP - NEW TOUR FROM 30TH AUGUST 2009

This year DAVE GORMAN decided to go back on the road. And when we say “on the road” we really mean it. Five years after he last toured the UK, August 30th 2009 sees him embarking on a truly unique stand-up

WE ARE KLANG - BBC THREE FROM 30TH JULY

Extremely clever at being stupid, if.comedy and Barry Award nominees We Are Klang are about to unleash their inimitable brand of buffoonery onto BBC Three. Filmed in front of a live studio audience, their new show

EDINBURGH 2009: 'HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU' AUTHOR MAKES UK STAND-UP DEBUT AT THE EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE

GREG BEHRENDT - Sex and the City writer and New York Times bestselling co-author of He’s Just Not That Into You - makes his UK debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with Love, Sex, Pudding, Death. A prolific

MOCK THE WEEK STAR RUSSELL HOWARD ANNOUNCES UK ARENA TOUR

It was announced today (6th July 2009) that RUSSELL HOWARD is to embark on a 10-date UK-wide arena tour, Big Rooms & Belly Laughs, taking in some of the country’s biggest venues. The tour begins on 11th

COMEDY CENTRAL'S EDINBURGH & BEYOND RETURNS WITH NEW HOST RUSSELL HOWARD - FROM 25TH JULY 2009

RUSSELL HOWARD, star of BBC TWO’S Mock The Week, will be the brand new host of Edinburgh & Beyond, which returns for its fourth series this July. Taking the reigns from multi-award winning comedian AL MURRAY

EDINBURGH 2009: COLIN HOULT - 'CARNIVAL OF MONSTERS'

COLIN HOULT - acclaimed writer-performer who recently appeared in Al Murray’s Multiple Personality Disorder (ITV1), and Pete and Dud: Come Again (West End, The Venue / Leicester Square Theatre) - presents his

EDINBURGH 2009: TOM DEACON - 'INDECISIVE'

After last year’s debut in the prestigious Comedy Zone, star of BBC Switch (BBC TWO, BBC Radio 1 & online) TOM DEACON returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with his first solo show Indecisive. Struggling

EDINBURGH 2009: JIMMY MCGHIE - 'JIMMY MCGHIE'S NORTHERN MEETING'

JIMMY McGHIE, BBC New Talent and Amused Moose Star Search finalist, embarks on his Edinburgh solo debut. Following on from the critical success of his 2008 split-bill show at the Gilded Balloon, he returns to the

EDINBURGH 2009: DAN ANTOPOLSKI - 'SILENT BUT DEADLY'

We’ve all been kids and some of us father them - if you trust the blood-test guy, he was smoking in a lab and his english was poor - but whatever. Wouldn’t it be amazing if someone who wasn’t a bell-end was

EDINBURGH 2009: SIMON BRODKIN - 'STILL NOT HIMSELF'

SIMON BRODKIN, acclaimed writer and performer on Al Murray’s Multiple Personality Disorder (ITV1), returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with his brand new multi-character comedy show. Hold tight as the

EDINBURGH 2009: RUSSELL KANE - 'FAKESPEARE: THE TRAGICKAL SAVEINGS OF KING NIGEL'

“Thou art lazier than Columbo’s eye.” After last year’s acclaimed debut Edinburgh play, RUSSELL KANE’s Fakespeare is back with a brand new bawdy romp in blank verse. Following a hit three-day run at last

EDINBURGH 2009: THE COMEDY ZONE

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe’s longest running stand-up showcase is back for its 19th year. Recognised as the place to catch the best new stand-ups on the Fringe, it has helped launched the careers of DAVE

EDINBURGH 2009: LAURA SOLON - 'RABBIT FACED STORY SOUP'

Perrier Award winning comic LAURA SOLON is to return to Edinburgh with her first live show since her 2005 award winning debut. The acclaimed writer and performer of Talking and Not Talking (BBC Radio 4), Laura, Ben

EDINBURGH 2009: ANDREW COLLINS & RICHARD HERRING - 'COLLINGS AND HERRIN PODCAST LIVE!'

Since February 2008, esteemed broadcaster and star of I Love 1983* ANDREW COLLINS has been coming round to the house of scatological comedian, and ‘Percy the Shepherd’ from BBC ONE’s Servants, RICHARD HERRING

EDINBURGH 2009: RICHARD HERRING - 'HITLER MOUSTACHE'

For his 25th Fringe show, RICHARD HERRING - creator of the hit shows Christ on a Bike, Talking Cock and last year’s critically acclaimed The Headmaster’s Son - attempts to reclaim the Hitler ‘tache for

EDINBURGH 2009: ROSIE WILKINSON & HELEN O'BRIEN - 'DOMESTIC GODDI 2: HOW TO COPE'

Get the look… Get the Domestic Goddi look Back after 2008's hit show, BBC Comedy Award-winner HELEN O’BRIEN and Stage Award-nominee GENEVIEVE SWALLOW show us ‘How To Cope’ the Domestic Goddi way: with

EDINBURGH 2009: DAN ATKINSON - 'DEATH BY A THOUSAND PRICKS'

Following his two previous critically-acclaimed hit solo Edinburgh shows - the most recent of which quite creepily "foretold" the Credit Crunch - DAN ATKINSON has called his new show Death by a Thousand Pricks, and

EDINBURGH 2009: FERGUS CRAIG - 'STILL WATCHES NEIGHBOURS'

The title is spot on. FERGUS CRAIG - winner of the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year 2009 and star of Channel 4’s hit comedy Star Stories - does indeed still watch Neighbours. In 1988 Scott and Charlene’s

EDINBURGH 2009: KRISTEN SCHAAL & KURT BRAUNOHLER - 'DOUBLE DOWN HEARTS'

Star of HBO’s Flight of the Conchords KRISTEN SCHAAL and acclaimed US stand-up KURT BRAUNOHLER had an amazing time in Edinburgh last year. They had so much fun they couldn't wait to come back. But, they forgot

EDINBURGH 2009: THE UMBRELLA BIRDS - 'SKETCHES IN A SHOP CHANGING ROOM'

THE UMBRELLA BIRDS, stars of BBC Radio 4’s The Ladies, return to Edinburgh for a third year with Sketches in a Shop Changing Room. Following the success of their cult hits, WC and Gym, they are back - with a show

EDINBURGH 2009: DANIELLE WARD - 'LIES'

Mickey Dolenz’s mother invented the glue gun! Cats can’t hear vowels! Before Foreign Ministers meet David Miliband they are made to sign a document stating they will not try to touch his lovely hair! These are

EDINBURGH 2009: RUSSELL KANE - 'HUMAN DRESSAGE'

Following the sell-out success of 2008’s critically acclaimed hit Gaping Flaws, and hot on the heels of his acclaimed appearance on BBC1 ONE’s Live at the Apollo, double if.comedy Award nominee RUSSELL KANE is

FRANK SKINNER ON THE ROAD TO BE RELEASED IN PAPERBACK ON 6TH AUGUST 2009

There are plenty of comedian memoirs this year… The pick of the bunch is probably Frank Skinner on the Road, which distinguishes itself by being a) unusual, b) funny, and c) actually written by the person named on

DOUBLE IF.COMEDY AWARD NOMINEE RUSSELL KANE TO EMBARK ON HIS SECOND NATIONAL TOUR THIS YEAR

Following the critical success of his first national tour, double if.comedy Award-nominee RUSSELL KANE will return to the road for the second time this year with his brand new stand-up show Human Dressage. Known

PERRIER AWARD-WINNING LAURA SOLON TO BRING HER FIRST LIVE SHOW SINCE 2005 TO SOHO THEATRE, BETWEEN 6TH - 17TH OCT 2009

It was announced today (10 June 2009) that Perrier Award winning comic LAURA SOLON will have a two-week run at the Soho Theatre this autumn with her first live solo show since her 2005 award-winning debut. The

AVALON DISTRIBUTION SELLS TV BURP FORMAT TO SEVEN

It was announced today (Monday 1st June 2009) that Avalon Distribution have sold the four-time (three UK and one USA) BAFTA, the Royal Television Society and Comedy Award winning Harry Hill’s TV Burp format to

AVALON’S EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE LINE-UP 2009

Avalon is to launch a bill of award-winning comics, including three Perrier Award winners and three if.comedy/Perrier Award nominees, as it returns for its 21st Festival Fringe this August. The full line-up

GRUMPY OLD WOMEN LIVE 2: CHIN UP BRITAIN

Grumpy Old Women Live 2: Chin Up Britain, a brand new show from the creators of the touring theatre phenomenon Grumpy Old Women Live, is set to hit UK venues in 2009. The new show sees SUSIE BLAKE (Coronation

EDINBURGH 2009: FRANK SKINNER’S CREDIT CRUNCH CABARET HEADS TO THE EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE

Frank Skinner’s Credit Crunch Cabaret will take up residence in Edinburgh for the Festival Fringe. The hour-and-a-half show will run in the Assembly Rooms from the 14th to 30th August, with extra late shows

BBC THREE COMMISSIONS TOPICAL SHOW PILOT FROM MOCK THE WEEK STAR

It was announced today (08 May 2009) that BBC Three has commissioned Avalon Television to make a new pilot with one of the country's fastest rising comedians, RUSSELL HOWARD. The exciting new show for the if.comedy

LEE MACK - BRAND NEW 50 DATE TOUR ANNOUNCED

BAFTA-winning stand-up LEE MACK, writer and star of BBC ONE’S hugely popular primetime sitcom Not Going Out (Royal Television Society and Golden Rose award-winner), is to embark on a brand new stand-up tour making

FRANK SKINNER’S CREDIT CRUNCH CABARET EXTENDED FOR THIRD TIME

It was announced today (24 April 2009) that Frank Skinner’s Credit Crunch Cabaret has been extended for a third time. The show resumes its Monday residency at The Lyric Theatre with a 10-date autumn run starting

GRUMPY OLD WOMEN LIVE 2: CHIN UP BRITAIN – FULL AUTUMN 2009 TOUR

It was announced today (22nd April 2009) that brand new show Grumpy Old Women Live 2: Chin Up Britain will tour major UK theatre venues this autumn. The new show will see SUSIE BLAKE (Coronation Street, The

DAVE GORMAN: SIT DOWN, PEDAL, PEDAL, STOP AND STAND UP TOUR EXTENDED INTO 2010 - 50,000 EXTRA TICKETS ON SALE

In 2009, DAVE GORMAN decided to set off on a unique national tour. The intention: to cycle over 1500 miles across Britain in 33 days… with a gig each night. We suppose that explains the title. But demand for

AL MURRAY - THE PUB LANDLORD: TOUR EXTENDED INTO AUTUMN 2009 – 54,000 EXTRA TICKETS NOW ON SALE

Al Murray - The Pub Landlord’s Beautiful British Tour has been extended by an additional 29 dates - taking the national run to over 80 shows, totalling in excess of 220,000 tickets. This is the third time the tour

GROUCHY YOUNG MEN

From the makers of Grumpy Old Men and Grumpy Old Women, comes Grouchy Young Men, a brand new one-hour special that gives a younger generation of disgruntled gents the chance to let off some steam. Proving that

GRUMPY OLD WOMEN LIVE 2: CHIN UP BRITAIN

It was announced today (30th March 2008) that brand new show Grumpy Old Women Live 2: Chin Up Britain will see SUSIE BLAKE (Coronation Street, The Victoria Wood Show) and WENDI PETERS (Coronation Street, Bad Girls)

‘TIME GENTLEMEN PLEASE’ TO BE RELEASED ON ONE DVD

AL MURRAY’S classic sitcom, Time Gentleman Please, is to be released on DVD, giving fans the chance to revisit THE PUB LANDLORD’S first-ever television role. The entire collection, consisting of series one and

SERIES TWO OF THE AWARD WINNING ‘AL MURRAY’S HAPPY HOUR’ NOW AVAILABLE ON DVD

The second series of the British Comedy Award-winning Al Murray’s Happy Hour is to be released on DVD this spring. All hail to the ale as the critically acclaimed series, packed with top notch celebrity chat,

FIVE MORE SHOWS FOR FRANK SKINNER'S CREDIT CRUNCH CABARET AS RUN EXTENDED

“Tickets for Skinner's cabaret cost a tenner - which is hard to sneeze at, even in the chilly depths of this discontented winter. …Skinner is the ideal compere for this event: a comic everyman and a great

DAVE GORMAN: SIT DOWN, PEDAL, PEDAL, STOP AND STAND UP - NEW TOUR FROM 30TH AUGUST 2009

It was announced today (23rd February 2009) that DAVE GORMAN is going back on the road. And when we say “on the road” we really mean it. Five years after he last toured the UK he’s embarking on a truly unique

AL MURRAY'S MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER

Al Murray’s Multiple Personality Disorder is a brand new comedy sketch show written by and starring the multi-award winning creator of The Pub Landlord. The seven-part peak-time ITV1 series will introduce AL as a

NOT GOING OUT SERIES TWO RELEASED ON DVD

The acclaimed second series of LEE MACK’S Royal Television Society and Golden Rose award-winning sitcom, Not Going Out, is set to be released on DVD for the first time by Universal Pictures. Packed full of the

FRANK SKINNER’S CREDIT CRUNCH CABARET

It was announced today (23rd January 2009) that multi-award winning comedian, FRANK SKINNER, is to launch the Credit Crunch Cabaret, offering audiences the chance to see acclaimed comics, West End performers and

RICHARD HERRING - THE HEADMASTER'S SON NATIONAL TOUR

Following a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, RICHARD HERRING is to tour his critically-acclaimed show The Headmaster’s Son during 2009. The 39-date tour begins with a two-week run at London’s The

NOT GOING OUT SERIES THREE

The Royal Television Society and Golden Rose award-winning Not Going Out, written by and starring LEE MACK, returns to BBC ONE this January. Back with an extended eight-part series, the sitcom follows the jokes,

ALEX HORNE BIRDWATCHING

Perrier Award nominee ALEX HORNE is to embark on a 32-date national tour from 1st February 2009. Birdwatching, which played to critical acclaim at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, sees ALEX tackle a subject that

RUSSELL KANE - GAPING FLAWS NATIONAL TOUR 2009

Double if.comedy Award nominee and host of BBC Radio 2’s Out To Lunch RUSSELL KANE is to embark on his first national tour. Following the sell-out success of his critically acclaimed stand-up show Gaping Flaws -

HAT TRICK’S DIRECTOR OF SALES JOINS AVALON DISTRIBUTION

It was announced today (07 October 2008) that Director of Sales at Hat Trick International, ISOBEL HUGHES, will join Avalon as Director of Distribution. The current Head of Distribution, ROB ASLETT, will stay on as

"QUEEN OF DAYTIME" JOINS LIBERTY BELL

It was announced today (03 October 2008) that former Director of Daytime and Lifestyle Programming at ITV Productions, DIANNE NELMES, will join Liberty Bell as Managing Director. The current Managing Director,

‘TOUCH ME, I’M KAREN TAYLOR’ SOLD TO RTL

Avalon Television’s acclaimed sketch show Touch Me, I’m Karen Taylor is to be made for RTL, Germany’s biggest channel. The network immediately picked up an entire series after viewing a one-hour broadcast

HARRY HILL'S TV BURP SERIES 8

The multi-award winning Harry Hill’s TV Burp will return for an eighth extended series this autumn. This year has already seen the show scoop three BAFTA Awards (two UK and one US) pick up a Royal Television

RUSSELL HOWARD - DINGLEDODIES

RUSSELL HOWARD, star of BBC TWO’s Mock The Week, will return to venues across the UK this year as he embarks on a 60-date national tour with his new show, Dingledodies. The if.comedy and Barry Award nominee will

AL MURRAY - THE PUB LANDLORD'S BEAUTIFUL BRITISH TOUR

Multi award-winning AL MURRAY, THE PUB LANDLORD is to embark on a spring 2009 tour - making over 65,000 tickets available across 32-dates in the UK & Ireland. Following the critical success of hit primetime
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