David Baddiel sells film rights to The Parent Agency
Hollywood deal for his kids' book
19/07/2016 … David Baddiel has sold the film rights to his first children’s book, The Parent Agency.
2016 Archives
Tue 19 July 2016
Former BBC radio comedy chief John Pidgeon dies
19/07/2016 … Former BBC radio comedy boss John Pidgeon has died this morning at the age of 69.
© Bafta Bafta LA to honour Ricky Gervais
'Provocative, edgy and pushes the boundaries'
19/07/2016 … Ricky Gervais is to receive the annual comedy award handed out by Bafta in Los Angeles.
Comic kidnapped and beaten over a sketch
19/07/2016 … A comedian has been kidnapped, beaten then dumped in the street by a musician he mocked in a sketch.
Edinburgh 10x10: Be dramatic!
2. Ten theatre shows for comedy fans
19/07/2016 … It's hard to credit it sometimes, but there are actually sections of the Edinburgh Fringe programme that aren't comedy.
Kevin Eldon joins Funny Cow
19/07/2016 … KEVIN ELDON has joined the cast of Funny Cow, the comedy-drama film about a woman who becomes a comedian on the Northern working men's club circuit in the 1970s…
BBC orders a series from Shane Todd
Break for Northern Irish stand-up
19/07/2016 … The BBC has commissioned a stand-up, sketch and interview series from Northern Irish comic Shane Todd.