It was announced today (05 September 2016) that TIM ROBINSON will join the Avalon Group as Chief Operating Officer. ROBINSON most recently held positions as interim COO at ELISABETH MURDOCH’s digital start-up Vertical Networks and before that was COO of Shine Group...
COMEDY CENTRAL UK GREENLIGHTS CHRIS RAMSEY SERIES
It was announced today (Wednesday 31st August) that Comedy Central UK has greenlit a unique and high energy comedy entertainment series fronted by comedian CHRIS RAMSEY, with the working title Feeding Chris Ramsey. The 8 x 30 minute series, produced by Avalon...
ED GAMBLE ANNOUNCES FIRST EVER NATIONWIDE STAND-UP TOUR WITH ‘STAMPEDE’ FOLLOWING SELL OUT EDINBURGH FRINGE RUN
“he’s on irresistible form...a joyous gallop through Gamble's middle class vexations” ★★★★ Rupert Hawksley, The Telegraph “an ability to open his mouth and spontaneously say something hysterically funny” James Kettle, The Guardian Star of BBC America’s Almost Royal ED...
EDINBURGH COMEDY AWARD NOMINEE ADAM HESS TO KICK-START UK ‘FEATHERS’ TOUR WITH RUN AT THE SOHO THEATRE
“For good quality gags per minute, there is no better comedian” Independent Building on the success of a month-long critically-acclaimed and sold-out run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award Newcomer nominee ADAM HESS will kick-start his...
DAVE GETS POLITICAL WITH UNSPUN, A NEW WEEKLY SHOW WITH HOST MATT FORDE
A host who watches Prime Minister’s Questions like it’s Match of the Day, MATT FORDE, the most exciting voice in political comedy, brings Unspun with Matt Forde to Dave from Wednesday September 14th. Recorded the day before it airs, Unspun with Matt Forde is a brand...
TASKMASTER LAUNCHES INTERNATIONALLY WITH SALES IN FOUR NEW TERRITORIES
Caitlin Moran once wrote that the comedy panel game is one of the glories of British TV. A new one shone bright last night ★★★★★ The Times You haven’t lived until you’ve seen some of the nation’s finest comedians trying to cram as much watermelon in their...
NOT GOING OUT RETURNS FOR SERIES EIGHT ON BBC ONE
Today, BBC Controller of Comedy Commissioning Shane Allen, and writer and star Lee Mack, confirmed that Not Going Out will return to BBC One in 2017 for an eighth series. This follows on from the hugely popular one-off Christmas Special in 2015 which saw the central...
AHIR SHAH EMBARKS ON NATIONWIDE TOUR WITH ‘MACHINES’ FOLLOWING CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, SOLD OUT EDINBURGH FRINGE RUN
“very funny…a generational cri de couer” ★★★★ Brian Logan, The Guardian “Shah has always had a burning passion at his fingertips and the gags to back up his fire, but everything appears to have crystallised wonderfully in Machines” ★★★★★ Brian Donaldson, The List...
David Baddiel Announces Charity Performance of My Family: Not the Sitcom
DAVID BADDIEL will give a charity performance of his critically-acclaimed show My Family: Not the Sitcom at London’s Vaudeville Theatre on Friday 23rd September in aid of three organisations who work with those affected by dementia. Proceeds from the gala evening...
HOT ON THE HEELS OF THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED THIRD SERIES OF MAN DOWN… GREG DAVIES: YOU MAGNIFICENT BEAST
It was announced today (Tuesday 19th July 2016) that autumn 2017 will see GREG DAVIES return with his first new stand-up show in four years. The new tour will see GREG play venues up and down the UK, including London’s Hammersmith Apollo. GREG DAVIES has written and...