Andy Zaltzman satirises the British Empire
17/08/2017 … Andy Zaltzman and Indian comedian Anuvab Pal, an occasional correspondent on his podcast The Bugle, are to team up for a new Radio 4 series.
2017 Archives
Thu 17 August 2017
Zach & Viggo
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Steve Bennett
17/08/2017 … Last year, the debutant Norwegian-American double act of Zach Zucker and Viggo Venn impressed with their high-energy, tightly choreographed shenanigans.
A Noble effort
Ross makes spoof magazine show for Radio 4
17/08/2017 … Ross Noble is to make a new spoof magazine show for the BBC.
Radio 4 sitcom for Phil Ellis
...playing a divorced children's entertainer
17/08/2017 … Phil Ellis is to make a Radio 4 sitcom based on his bitter stand-up routines about his divorce.
Radio 4 comedies for stand-up stars
Al Porter, Zoe Lyons, Felicity Ward and more...
17/08/2017 … Stand-ups including Al Porter, Zoe Lyons, Felicity Ward and Sophie Willan are making personal comedy shows for Radio 4.
A Doomsday scenario
Radio 4 orders comedy about end-of-the-world Preppers
17/08/2017 … Radio 4 is to launch a new sitcom about ‘preppers’ readying themselves for apocalypse.
WMD Makes Everything Better
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Paul Fleckney
17/08/2017 … Fancy seeing some Fringe shows but don’t want your short game to suffer? Then head down to the Golf Tavern, which overlooks a pitch and putt course over by…
Harry Hill's prison sitcom gets a full series
17/08/2017 … Harry Hill’s Radio 4 sitcom Life On Egg has been picked up for a full series.