© BBC Semi-Detached with Lee Mack
06/08/2020 … The gimmick of Lee Mack’s new sitcom is that all the action happens in real time – though whether audiences would appreciate, or even notice, the restriction…
2020 Archives
Thu 06 August 2020
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Production firm drops charges for comedy writers
'Exploitation' claims after producers asked to be paid to consider sketch ideas
06/08/2020 … A production company has performed a U-turn following protests over its demands for comedy writers to pay a fee to have their sketches considered for a planned TV…
Radio 4 series for Kenyan comic Njambi McGrath
Based on her 2019 Edinburgh show, Accidental Coconut
06/08/2020 … Radio 4 has ordered a four-part series from comedian Njambi McGrath.
Comics to record Beatrix Potter stories
06/08/2020 … Comics Aisling Bea, James Acaster, Robert Webb, Ben Bailey Smith (aka Doc Brown) and Gemma Whelan have joined the star-studded cast of a new audiobook of Beatrix Potter’s…
Michael Palin to reflect on his travels
06/08/2020 … Michael Palin is to reflect on his landmark travel series, in a new four-part documentary The new BBC show, Michael Palin’s Travels, will revisit his experiences…
How Doc Brown was ALMOST in Star Wars
Comic got down the last two for Lando Calrissian role
06/08/2020 … Ben Bailey Smith – better known on the stand-up circuit as Doc Brown – has revealed how he almost landed a major part in the Star Wars franchise,…
Squeamish About...
06/08/2020 … In one of the few TV programmes that can be made in isolation, Matt Berry provides his peculiarly stressed voiceover to a patchwork of unrelated archive clips.
Daniel Sloss's stand-up special returns to cinemas
X to air on three Vue screens next week
06/08/2020 … Daniel Sloss's stand-up special X is to be screened in cinemas again next week.