John Oliver on push notifications
20/01/2020 … John Oliver has released an online rant about push notifications sent to mobile phones.
2020 Archives
Mon 20 January 2020
Stop this hooky Del Boy show!
Legal action launched over Only Fools dining experience
20/01/2020 … Producers of a ‘hooky’ live show based on Only Fools and Horses are being sued by the estate of the sitcom's creator John Sullivan.
Lee Mack pilots ITV game show
20/01/2020 … Lee Mack is piloting a new game show for ITV.
Apple TV is Trying
Streaming services orders new Britcom with Imelda Staunton and Rafe Spall
20/01/2020 … Imelda Staunton and Rafe Spall are to star in a relationship comedy called Trying for Apple's on-demand TV service.
Alternative comedy pioneer Jenny Lecoat writes her first novel
And already it's been sold to America for a six-figure sum
20/01/2020 … Jenny Lecoat, one of the pioneers of the alternative comedy circuit, has written her first novel - and it has just been sold to an American publisher in a six-figure…
Netflix to make a series about the Paris stand-up scene
Tracking four would-be comedians
20/01/2020 … Netflix is making a fictional series about four young comedians trying to make it in the Paris stand-up scene.
Steve Martin and Martin Short to star in 'true crime' comedy
Co-created with Grace and Frankie producer
20/01/2020 … Steve Martin and Martin Short are making a new comedy series inspired by the true-crime craze.
It's Phoebe Winner-Bridge (again!)
Fleabag star triumphs at Screen Actors’ Guild awards
20/01/2020 … Phoebe Waller-Bridge has yet another accolade for her mantelpiece after scooping the Screen Actors’ Guild award for best actress in a comedy last night.