Victory! Scottish culture awards finally recognise comedy
Success for promoter's campaign
29/04/2018 … Awards celebrating the best in Scottish arts have added a comedy category following pressure from the industry.
2018 Archives
Sun 29 April 2018
Highlights of the White House Correspondents Dinner
Ten near-the-knuckle lines from Michelle Wolf
29/04/2018 … Michelle Wolf split the room when she hosted the White House Correspondents Dinner last night – but many were unimpressed with her savage attacks on journalists…
Sat 28 April 2018
John Finnemore writes movie with Armando Iannucci
Plot of In Too Deep under wraps
28/04/2018 … John Finnemore is writing a new movie with Armando Iannucci.
The Birthday Girls throw a party
28/04/2018 … This week's comedy on demand…Birthday Girls' House PartyComedy sketch group Birthday Girls launched their new Radio 1 podcast this week – and what better theme…
Fri 27 April 2018
Delay to Stephen Merchant's wrestling movie
Fighting With My Family now due out in March 2019
27/04/2018 … The release date of Stephen Merchant’s comedy Fighting With My Family has been put back.
Roy Chubby Brown
Gig review by Steve Bennett at Radlett Centre, Hertfordshire
27/04/2018 … Every Roy Chubby Brown gig – even the one that was unceremoniously pulled in Hamilton this week – comes with the disclaimer: ’If you’re…
Lee Mack pilots a new BBC comedy
About a couple who have split up
27/04/2018 … Lee Mack has created one of the UK's most successful family sitcoms – but now he's making a BBC pilot about a relationship breakdown.
'Ideal beach body' is so unimaginative...
27/04/2018 … Tweets of the week the idea that the "ideal beach body" just means being thin or buff is so unimaginative, surely the ideal beach body would have a powerful…