Women gain the majority in BBC Three comedies
Milestone reached as new pilots are announced
16/04/2021 … The BBC has announced four new pilots in its Comedy Slices strand – all led by female talent.
2021 Archives
Fri 16 April 2021
Leicester Comedy Festival to run a year-round venue
...taking over city's Cookie bar
16/04/2021 … The organisers of the Leicester Comedy Festival are to run their own year-round comedy venue.
Thu 15 April 2021
© Tiger Aspect Man Like Mobeen up for two Broadcast Awards
15/04/2021 … Man Like Mobeen is up for two gongs at this year’s Broadcast Awards.
Unseen Borat footage to be released
Amazon special showing deleted scenes - and Sacha Baron Cohen fleeing a mob
15/04/2021 … Unseen footage from the Borat Subsequent MovieFilm is to be released.
Trailer for We Are Lady Parts
C4's new comedy about a female Muslim punk band
15/04/2021 … Channel 4 has released the first trailer for its new comedy We Are Lady Parts.
© BBC Morecambe and Wise cleared over 'racist' Irish sketch
BBC gets a complained 52 years on...
15/04/2021 … You don’t normally equate Morecambe and Wise with causing offence.
Dylan Moran plugs a livestream of his stand-up show
'Have I made you smile? It's unlikely'
15/04/2021 … Dylan Moran’s stand-up show is to be live-streamed next month – and he has recorded a typically low-fi trailer to promote it.
© BBC Comics offer tips on how to break through
BBC launches sessions for up-and-coming talent
15/04/2021 … Elis James and Kiri Pritchard–McLean are among those taking part in BBC sessions next week offering tips on how to break through in to broadcasting.