Daisy May Cooper to star in new 'austerity Britain' drama
Playing a 'brash yet intelligent working-class single mum'
19/05/2021 … Daisy May Cooper is to star in a new BBC drama about a working-class single mum.
2021 Archives
Wed 19 May 2021
Mum writer turns to drama
Stefan Golaszewski pens Marriage for the BBC
19/05/2021 … The creator of the comedy series Mum and Him & Her has written his first drama for the BBC.
© Joseph Sinclair Aisling Bea to host Have I Got News For You
Her first ever appearance on the show
19/05/2021 … Aisling Bea is to host Have I Got News For You for the first time next month.
Tue 18 May 2021
Suffolk 'n good
String of comedy gigs outdoor ampitheatre
18/05/2021 … Comedy stars including Simon Amstell, Sara Pascoe, Milton Jones and Nish Kumar are to play a series of outdoor gigs in Suffolk this summer.
First trailer for the US remake of This Country
Welcome To Flatch coming to Fox soon
18/05/2021 … Here’s the first trailer for Welcome To Flatch, the US remake of This Country.
© James Gilham What is the title of Katherine Ryan's memoirs?
18/05/2021 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Girl Stuck In Basketball Hoop
Ian Smith's Radio 4 comedy documentary
18/05/2021 … Comedians have been finding all sorts of alternative lines of work as the pandemic ravages their usual livelihoods.
© C4 Friday Night Dinner was a 'great career gift'
Paul Ritter praised sitcom in interview just before his death
18/05/2021 … Tamsin Greig says she tried to talk her Friday Night Dinner co-star Paul Ritter out of taking part in the show’s ten-year celebrations before he died.