Dave series Follow The Leader With Jamali Maddix will see the comedian spending time with leaders and key figures in growing communities on the fringes of the mainstream to find out just why they inspire such devotion among their followers. The four-part series will investigate religious cults, political movements, underground radicals and ostracised groups.
Bob Mortimer has won the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction 2023, for his book The Satsuma Complex. The judges noted he "has this strange ability to keep the reader on the very brink of guffawing for whole chapters at a time".
Hachette has signed a five-book deal with Cariad Lloyd, to write children's books. The Christmas Wish-tastrophe, out in 2024, will focus on a character called Lydia Marmalade. Meanwhile 2025 picture book Where Did She Go? will tackle the subject of death in a way that's accessible to young readers.
Musical comedian Kunt has announced his latest attempt to become the Christmas No. 1, this time is going down a more traditional festive route with a track titled Proper Christmas under the band name The Krackpots.
