How Covid has decimated comedy
...and it's not expected to end soon, new survey reveals
19/04/2021 … Half of people working in comedy have lost 50 per cent or more of their income in the last year.
2021 Archives
Mon 19 April 2021
Rob Beckett writes his memoirs
Comedian has a 'productive lockdown'
19/04/2021 … Rob Beckett has joined the long line of comedians publishing a memoir this year.
© Big Deal Films Dreaming Whilst Black pilot
Review of BBC Three's latest comedy try-out
19/04/2021 … The BBC’s iPlayer blurb for Dreaming Whilst Black manages not to mention the entire reason the show exists – or what makes it so funny.
© Free-Photos/Pixabay Comedians are 'the worst in bed'
'They're in desperate need of validation'
19/04/2021 … Comedians have been dubbed the worst type of celebrities to spend the night with.
Radio 4 confirms air date for Jamie MacDonald stand-up series
Life On The Blink starts next month
19/04/2021 … Radio 4 has confirmed an air date for Jamie MacDonald’s new stand-up show, Life On The Blink.
© Ricky Gervais/Twitter Filming starts on After Life series 3
Ricky Gervais tweets from the set
19/04/2021 … Ricky Gervais has started filming the third series of After Life.
Courteney Cox to star in Sharon Horgan comedy
Her character in Shining Vale is either depressed... or possessed by a demon
19/04/2021 … Courteney Cox is to star in a new paranormal comedy from Sharon Horgan.
Sun 18 April 2021
'I have been flagrantly plagiarised by Graham Norton!'
Barry Humphries starts a celebrity beef...
18/04/2021 … Barry Humphries has accused Graham Norton of nicking his ideas.