Comics invited to pitch TV ideas
At Montreal's Just For Laughs Festival
11/03/2019 … Comedians and writers from around the world are being invited to pitch TV or web series at Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival.
2019 Archives
Mon 11 March 2019
Travel show for Scot Squad's Cameron Miekelson
Jack Docherty reveals BBC spin-off
11/03/2019 … Scot Squad’s police chief Cameron Miekelson is getting his own spin-off show.
Angela Barnes: Rose Tinted
Tour review by Steve Bennett at the Leicester Square Theatre, London
11/03/2019 … Panel show regular Angela Barnes is a consummate pro, with her latest stand-up tour offering a brisk canter between the topical and the personal, with a dependable…
Comic's gig axed - because he was in a wheelchair
Duncan Norvelle's friends slam 'disgusting' treatment
11/03/2019 … Friends of veteran comic Duncan Norvelle have slammed a venue for pulling his gig at the last minute – because he uses a wheelchair.
'British comedy has never been scared of subject matter others find difficult'
Minnie Driver on her show Speechless, as it lands in the UK
11/03/2019 … As new US import Speechless starts on Channel 4 tonight, its star Minnie Driver speaks about the impact of the comedy, of working with an actor with cerebral palsy…
It's all in the delivery...
Here's a postbox that tells jokes
11/03/2019 … Anyone posting a letter outside BBC Broadcasting House in London today will get a surprise – when the postbox starts telling them jokes.
© RTE Fred Cooke sambas into Dancing With The Stars semi-final
Unexpected success for Irish comic
11/03/2019 … Comic Fred Cooke has made the final four contestants in Ireland’s Dancing With The Stars.
Sun 10 March 2019
SNL: Powerpoint presentation
With Kate McKinnon and Aidy Bryant
10/03/2019 … Kate McKinnon and Aidy Bryant struggled to make a PowerPoint presentation in this sketch from last night's Saturday Night Live.