Montreal’s Just For Laughs goes online
Festival plans no live shows this year
21/07/2020 … Montreal’s Just For Laughs comedy festival is going digital this autumn.
2020 Archives
Tue 21 July 2020
New images from Truth Seekers released
Nick Frost and Simon Pegg's new horror-comedy
21/07/2020 … Amazon Prime has today released some new images Nick Frost and Simon Pegg's upcoming eight-part horror-comedy series Truth Seekers.
© Netflix Jack Whitehall: I'm Only Joking
Netflix special reviewed by Steve Bennett
21/07/2020 … During a mini-rant about vegans in his new special, Jack Whitehall acknowledges that he's going after 'low-hanging fruit'.
BBC to record a new TV stand-up show
Six regional shows to give the circuit a shot in the arm
21/07/2020 … The BBC has announced a new stand-up series designed to support grassroots comedy talent hammered by the Covid-19 crisis.
Paddy McGuinness to host new BBC game show
I Can See Your Voice to air next year
21/07/2020 … Paddy McGuinness has been announced as the host of BBC One's new music game show I Can See Your Voice.
Mon 20 July 2020
Michael Spicer's Room Next Door mentioned in Parliament
Odd honour during an international trade debate
20/07/2020 … Michael Spicer has achieved a rare, if dubious honour - being mentioned in the House of Commons.
Rachel Parris and Nish Kumar on Hello America
Suggesting the US needs its own royal family
20/07/2020 … Nish Kumar has been reunited with Mash Report co-star Rachel Parris on his topical US series, Hello America.
© BBC/Open Mike Productions Live At The Apollo put on hold
16th series won't be taped this year
20/07/2020 … The next series of Live At The Apollo – its 16th – has been put on hold because of coronavirus.