2019 Archives
Wed 23 October 2019
Frank Skinner to hit the West End
Month-long London residency announced
23/10/2019 … Frank Skinner is to take his latest stand-up show Showbiz to the West End.
Tommy Tiernan to take RTE prime-time slot
23/10/2019 … Tommy Tiernan is to host a prime-time Saturday talk show on Irish channel RTE One.
London date for Nick Kroll
Co-creator of Netflix series Big Mouth comes to the UK
23/10/2019 … American comic Nick Kroll has announced a London date.
Netflix to air Mike Birbiglia’s The New One
Broadway hit comes to streaming platform
23/10/2019 … Netflix has brought the rights to Mike Birbiglia’s one-man Broadway show The New One.
Comedy Central orders Patrice O’Neal documentary
'This will solidify his legacy'
23/10/2019 … America’s Comedy Central has commissioned a documentary about stand-up Patrice O’Neal, featuring never-before-seen personal material.
© BBC/Big Talk Productions Second series for Defending The Guilty
Katherine Parkinson and Will Sharpe to return in legal comedy
23/10/2019 … BBC Two has ordered a second series of its legal comedy Defending The Guilty, starring Katherine Parkinson and Will Sharpe.
Tue 22 October 2019
Could Big and Daft reunite?
Ian Boldsworth hints at the return of his sketch trio
22/10/2019 … Are sketch trio Big and Daft reuniting? The knockabout trio, Rob Rouse, Ian Boldsworth and Jon Williams, performed together from 1997 to 2002, taking three shows…