Rob Delaney to voice Sexy Beasts dating show
BBC Three series revived Netflix
22/06/2021 … Netflix is to remake off-the-wall BBC dating show Sexy Beasts, with Catastrophe’s Rob Delaney providing the voiceover.
2021 Archives
Tue 22 June 2021
© Abi Skipp/CC BY-SA 2.0 So You Think You’re Funny? final WILL take place live
A rare Edinburgh Fringe gig... as semis go virtual
22/06/2021 … The final of year’s So You Think You’re Funny? talent hunt WILL take place live, during what remains of the Edinburgh Fringe.
© Idil Sukan Ten new UK stand-up specials to be recorded for Amazon Prime
Part of the ongoing deal with Soho Theatre
22/06/2021 … The first batch of new comedy specials to be released under Soho Theatre’s deal with Amazon Prime Video has been revealed.
Casting announced for Matilda's stage return
Tim Minchin musical back in the West End this autumn
22/06/2021 … Casting has been announced for the return of Tim Minchin’s Matilda musical to the West End.
New book from Rob Auton
Poet and comic celebrates 'everyday wonders'
22/06/2021 … Rob Auton is to publish a new book in praise of ‘everyday wonders’ – from bubble-wrap to killer whales.
Romesh Ranganathan to make Radio 2 hip-hop show
' want to convert so many people that I start a movement'
22/06/2021 … Romesh Ranganathan is to host a new Radio 2 series offering a beginners’ guide to hip hop.
A night at the zoological museum
Comics to perform among exhibits including a quagga skeleton and a jar of moles
22/06/2021 … Comedians are to perform in front of bisected skulls, dodo bones and a jar of moles in a new venture that turns stand-ups into tour guides.
Mon 21 June 2021
New material? Kiri Pritchard-McLean launches clothes-based podcast
Jonathan Ross is the first guest
21/06/2021 … Kiri Pritchard-McLean is launching a new clothes-based podcast Who Are You Wearing?, with Jonathan Ross as the first guest.