British people try things for the first time
14/06/2017 … ‘Trying things for the first time’ might have become a popular video format – but you’ve probably never seen one quite like this before.
2017 Archives
Wed 14 June 2017
Jack Whitehall joins C4's Host The Week
Second guest star on new comedy format
14/06/2017 … Jack Whitehall is to be one of the guest presenters of Channel 4’s new topical improvised sketch show Host The Week.
Nation shall speak peace unto nation...
Comics shoot videos for Lions rugby tour
14/06/2017 … Comics Andrew Maxwell, Lloyd Langford and double act Link and Lorne have made videos about each other's nations to promote The British and Irish Lions rugby tour.
BBC Studios appoints a new comedy exec
James Farrell is now head of development
14/06/2017 … Mrs Brown’s Boys producer James Farrell has become head of development in the comedy department of BBC Studios.
Charlie Chaplin to get a blue plaque
Paul Merton unveils the tribute today
14/06/2017 … Paul Merton is to unveil a blue plaque to Charlie Chaplin today, The Have I Got News For You star will perform the ceremony at Glenshaw Mansions on Brixton…
© Steve Ullathorne Camp Bestival fills out its comedy line-up
Phil Nichol and more join the bill
14/06/2017 … Camp Bestival has announced its full comedy line-up.
Netflix is my passport
How Nazeem Hussain convinced US immigration he was a comic
14/06/2017 … Australian comic Nazeem Hussain has revealed the less-than unexpected news that his name and ethnicity can cause him difficulty at US immigration.
Radio 4 show for Daliso Chaponda
...hot on the heels of his Britain's Got Talent success
14/06/2017 … Daliso Chaponda has landed his first Radio 4 show – ten days after appearing in the Britain’s Got Talent final.