© BBC Inside No 9: How Do You Plead?
07/06/2021 … Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton - or rather their director Guillem Morales - have given new meaning to dark comedy in this episode of Inside No 9, with its…
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Mon 07 June 2021
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Netflix reschedules its mammoth comedy festival
But no names yet confirmed for LA event
07/06/2021 … Netflix has set new dates for its star-studded comedy festival, after Covid forced the cancellation of the debut event in spring 2020.
Fella: Give Me Some Credit
07/06/2021 … Fella is a chaotic, under-rehearsed stand-up with the comic sensibilities of a 13-year-old boy, her material full of gags about knobs and fannies and pubic hair…
Pete Wells Does Not Exist
07/06/2021 … It has been a while since anyone was consistently on stage, so we can perhaps forgive some lack of fluidity, but Pete Wells’ take on big tech is, to use the…
When the weather ruins everything
07/06/2021 … The weather can have a massive effect on our lives – and that can't be healthy.
'I lost a gig because I'm a straight white male'
...and it happens to us all, says comic Nick Dixon
07/06/2021 … Stand-up Nick Dixon has claimed that he has been turned down for a gig because he’s a white, straight, able-bodied man.
© Two Rivers Frankie Boyle writes his first novel
...and now he's seeking a publisher
07/06/2021 … Frankie Boyle has written his first novel, described as a ‘multicultural, postcolonial’ story about his home city of Glasgow.
© Leo Cackett Michelle De Swarte to star in horror comedy The Baby
07/06/2021 … Actor and comedian Michelle De Swarte has landed the starring role in Sky’s darkly comic horror, The Baby, the broadcaster announced today.