BBC One announced yesterday that Absolutely Fabulous will return to the channel later this year with the first of three 30-minute specials to celebrate the comedy’s 20th anniversary.
Gathered to discuss the runaway BBC Two sitcom Miranda at the Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival 2011 were its stars Miranda Hart and Sarah Hadland.
If you’ve recently seen E4’s comedy drama, Beaver Falls – which looks like Ibsen compared to this – you’ll know the drill.
Described by The Guardian as a “massively engaging intelligent comic offering a cracking mix of songs and silliness”, Rob Deering will be performing The Rob Deering Experience and Rob Deering: Beat This at the Edinburgh Fringe this August at the Pleasance Courtyard. > Book tickets here. We caught up with Rob to find out what … >
Lee Nelson’s Well Good Show is out on DVD later this month, coinciding with the comedy show’s return to BBC Three for a second series.
Chortle Award Nominees 2011 Ray Peacock and Ed Gamble (Russell Howard’s Good News) will be performing their Peacock and Gamble Emergency Broadcast show at the Edinburgh Fringe this August at the Pleasance Dome before taking the show on a nationwide autumn tour. > Book tickets here. We caught up with Ed to find out what … >
As heard on TalkSport, 5Live and BBC 6Music’s The Jon Richardson Show, Matt Forde will be performing his solo show – Dishonourable Member – at the Edinburgh Fringe this August. Matt knows it’s weird to get excited about politics in the same way he gets excited about football. But he can’t do anything about it. … >
Described as “the most intelligent stand-up you’ve never heard of” by GQ and “wonderfully misanthropic” by the Sunday Times, comedian Steve Hall will be performing his solo show at the Edinburgh Fringe this August. Steve Hall’s Very Still Life will be “a show about achieving things, if I can be bothered to write it”, says … >
Described by Time Out as “one of the strongest emerging comedy talents we’ve seen in a long time”, Joe Lycett makes his TV debut next month as part of BBC One’s new Saturday evening show, Epic Win, alongside host Alexander Armstrong and regular panellist Micky Flanagan. Joe was named Chortle Best Newcomer accolade in 2010, … >
Everyone loves a birthday at T.G.I. Friday’s, so they’ve launched their own 25th birthday celebrations with a brilliant challenge to set a Guinness World Record for the ‘Most People Simultaneously Cocktail Flairing’. The challenge involved over 100 bartenders performing a skillfully coordinated routine for over two minutes – all without falling out of sync or … >