Famalam rap becomes a real single
19/02/2021 … A spoof drill track that first appeared on the sketch show Famalam is being released as an actual single.
2021 Archives
Fri 19 February 2021
Thu 18 February 2021
Big buyout for Second City
Equity firm swoops on famed Chicago comedy outfit
18/02/2021 … It is the famed Chicago improv outfit that helped forge the careers of Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Steve Carell, Joan Rivers and Tina Fey over its 60-year history.
Joe Thomas turns to stand-up
Inbetweeners star makes his debut - via Zoom - this weekend
18/02/2021 … Inbetweeners star Joe Thomas is to become a stand-up comedian.
Sunderland to get a new comedy venue
Planning permission for intimate studio space
18/02/2021 … Sunderland is to get a new dedicated comedy venue.
© CBS Third series for Gina Yashere's Bob Hearts Abishola
'In your faces, white boy UK comics'
18/02/2021 … Gina Yashere’s US comedy Bob Hearts Abishola has been renewed for a third series.
© BBC/Staged Films Ltd UpStaged
David Tennant up for acting award - but co-star Michael Sheen isn't
18/02/2021 … David Tennant has been nominated for an award for his role in BBC One's Staged – but his opposite number Michael Sheen has missed out.
Romesh Ranganathan goes vaccine mythbusting
Celebs tape video urging take-up of Covid jab
18/02/2021 … Romesh Ranganathan, Meera Syal, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Adil Ray are among the celebrities fronting a new video campaign to encourage minority groups to take up the…
© BBC David Mitchell and Helena Bonham Carter join The Cleaner
Shooting under way on Greg Davies sitcom
18/02/2021 … Helena Bonham Carter, David Mitchell and Stephanie Cole have joined the cast of Greg Davies’s new BBC One comedy The Cleaner.