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The cast for the upcoming season of Taskmaster has been announced, featuring a former Great British Bake Off star and more

The cast for the upcoming season of Taskmaster has been announced, featuring a former Great British Bake Off star and more

Taskmaster has crowned its season 15 champion after a bizarre finale.

Official: Contestants on series 16 of Taskmaster will include big talent like Julian Clary, Susan Wokoma and Sue Perkins!

Boyle serenades a nearly dead dog while Eclair does wonders with water and a dart. Plus: nursing supremo Pat Cullen takes on the government in Strike: Inside the Unions. Here’s what to watch this evening.

Jenny Eclair: Sixty Plus! (FFS!) - Tour

Future of Edinburgh Comedy Awards in doubt - Organisers seek new funding model to keep the long-running accolades going

Organisers of the awards are searching for new sponsors after the comedy channel announced it was withdrawing its funding.

Steve coogan, jenny eclair, harry hill, and so many others. why, my dear, youre becoming really quite famous. people... people? but in recent years, the awards have struggled to find sponsors. with tv channel dave now out of the picture, the awards organisers are appealing to new backers. hello. good to be here. i was hoping more people would come. the crisis for the awards comes as critics like richard herring say the festival no longer offers the opportunity to break into the industry that it ...

Thank you. the edinburgh comedy awards have been integral to the edinburgh festivalfor almost half a century. theyve recognised comics whove gone on to become household names — frank skinner, jenny eclair, hugh laurie. but theres a problem this year — the sponsor has puled its funding and so its future is now in doubt. what do you call a comedy festival without a comedy award? for this years edinburgh fringe, this may not be a joke. for four decades, the edinburgh comedy awards, formerly kno...