© Big Talk Productions Mum set for an American remake
US uber-producer snaps up the rights
21/08/2019 … One of America’s top producers is working on a US remake of the BBC Two comedy Mum.
2019 Archives
Wed 21 August 2019
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Rhys James: Snitch
Edinburgh Fringe review by Jay Richardson
21/08/2019 … Rhys James hasn't got much to offer in the diversity stakes, barring the look and demeanour of a prison snitch.
Annie McGrath: Shepherd
Edinburgh Fringe review by Steve Bennett
21/08/2019 … Creepy men are comedy’s renewable energy source, with a seemingly inexhaustible supply of grubby behaviour for female stand-ups to expose and ridicule.
Nominees announced for Dave's Edinburgh Comedy Awards
Including the first black British women to be shortlisted
21/08/2019 … The nominees have been announced for Dave’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards,.
If you got on Dragons’ Den, what product would you pitch?
Another from Richard Herring's stock of Emergency Questions
21/08/2019 … A second referendum.
BBC Two orders a new Limmy series
Three episodes of his Homemade Show coming next year
21/08/2019 … Limmy is to return to BBC Two with a new series of DIY comedy sketches.
© Steve Ullathorne Sophie Willan pilots BBC Two sitcom
...loosely based on her own life
21/08/2019 … Sophie Willan is piloting a BBC Two sitcom loosely based on her own life.
© Idil Sukan Sara Pascoe to make a BBC Two sitcom
Exploring family, relationships and biology
21/08/2019 … BBC Two has commissioned a new six-part comedy from Sara Pascoe.