Terry Alderton scoops Malcolm Hardee award
Alternative gongs handed out in Edinburgh
25/08/2017 … Terry Alderton has won the Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality at the Edinburgh Fringe.
2017 Archives
Fri 25 August 2017
© BBC / Guy Levy Stand up for the sitcom!
Ben Elton wants snobbish critics to be kinder
25/08/2017 … Ben Elton has launched a staunch defence of the studio sitcom – saying Mrs Brown’s Boys was a ‘quality comedy’ and comparing it to a ‘work…
Thu 24 August 2017
Bojack Horseman season 4
24/08/2017 … The first trailer for season four of BoJack Horseman has been released.
Maisie Adam wins So You Think You're Funny?
Sarah Mann and Morgan Rees runners-up
24/08/2017 … Maisie Adam has been crowned winner of this year's So You Think You're Funny? competition.
© BBC BBC Three picks up Man Like Mobeen
24/08/2017 … Guz Khan’s sitcom Man Like Mobeen has been picked up for a full series by BBC Three.
BBC hails the man behind Morecambe and Wise
New drama about writer Eddie Braben
24/08/2017 … The BBC is making a one-off drama about Morecambe and Wise’s writer, Eddie Braben.
Matt Richardson: Slash
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Jay Richardson
24/08/2017 … Matt Richardson is, by his own assessment 'on stuff, but not famous', an ITV2 semi-fixture with his own drivetime radio show.
Russell Brand: TV needs to be more authentic
24/08/2017 … Russell Brand has called for more authenticity in TV.