© BBC/Colin Hutton Upstart Crow
09/05/2016 … Gadzooks! After some high-profile flops in both hemispheres, Ben Elton has rediscovered his mojo… and all it took was a return trip to Elizabethan England.
2016 Archives
Mon 09 May 2016
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Charles Booth: VSOP
Brighton Fringe review by Steve Bennett
09/05/2016 … Charles Booth’s characters have a depth and a credibility not often found in comedy, while his script is nuanced and witty.
Eddie the Eagle joins comedy festival
09/05/2016 … EDDIE 'The Eagle' Edwards has joined the line-up of the first Just For Laughs comedy festival to be held in London.
From Downton to demons
'Abbey' star fronts E4's new comedy-horror
09/05/2016 … Cara Theobold is to go from Downton Abbey to hunting demons in a new E4 comedy-horror series The actor, who played kitchen maid Ivy Stuart in ITV’s hit…
© C4 C4 orders Ballot Monkeys sequel
Focussing on EU referendum and Donald Trump
09/05/2016 … Channel 4 has commissioned the team behind ultra-topical 2015 election comedy Ballot Monkeys to make a new series.
RIP to a sitcom 'perfectionist'
BBC's former head of comedy dies
09/05/2016 … The BBC’s former head of comedy, Gareth Gwenlan, has died at the age of 79.
Zach & Viggo: Thunderflop
Brighton Fringe review by Steve Bennett
09/05/2016 … With their inspired stupidity and anarchic energy, Zach & Viggo could just be your new favourite double act.