Taskmaster gets more Nordic exposure
New homegrown series across Scandinavia
23/07/2020 … Nordic remakes of Taskmaster are proving a hit across Scandinavia.
2020 Archives
Thu 23 July 2020
Outnumbered house up for sale
But you'd need to be richer than the Brockmans to buy it....
23/07/2020 … Want to live like the Brockmans? The London house where BBC comedy Outnumbered was filmed in has gone on the market for £1.
© ITV Jonathan Ross to host ITV stand-up series
News comes days after BBC revealed a similar show
23/07/2020 … Jonathan Ross is to host a major new stand-up show for ITV.
Wed 22 July 2020
Off Menu hits 30 million downloads
Milestone for Ed Gamble and James Acaster's podcast
22/07/2020 … Ed Gamble and James Acaster's Off Menu podcast has hit 30 million downloads.
Too many spoonfuls of sugar?
Miles Jupp on fleshing out Mary Poppins actor David Tomlinson
22/07/2020 … When Miles Jupp played Mary Poppins actor David Tomlinson in the one-man show The Life I Lead last year, he got some generous support from the late thespian’s…
Matt Forde writes his first book
Satirist mixes memoir and politics
22/07/2020 … Satirist Matt Forde has written his first book, mixing autobiography with a behind-the-scenes view of politics from his time as a Labour party adviser.
2020's full Edinburgh Fringe programme revealed
(It's just Arthur Smith doing his walks)
22/07/2020 … Arthur Smith is not going to let a little thing like a global pandemic stop his annual trip to the Edinburgh Fringe… even if the festival itself has been…
© BBC Mark Silcox, Sean Lock and Michael Spicer join Diane Morgan's Mandy
Full cast announced for new BBC comedy
22/07/2020 … Comedians Mark Silcox, Michael Spicer and Jackie Clune have joined the case of Diane Morgan's BBC Two comedy Mandy.