BBC launches New Comedy Award 2021
With new categories for under-18s and digital comedian
19/07/2021 … Entries have opened for the revived BBC New Comedy Awards, which will culminate in a final on BBC One.
2021 Archives
Mon 19 July 2021
ParaPod movie finally gets its cinema release
Ian Boldsworth and Barry Dodds film also out on demand
19/07/2021 … The movie spin-off from Ian Boldsworth and Barry Dodds' ParaPod will finally hit cinemas on September 27.
Is Two Pints Of Lager set for a comeback?
Creator Susan Nickson 'in talks with the BBC'
19/07/2021 … The creator of Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps is in talks with the BBC about bringing it back.
© Pierre Rosa / Pixabay Half of Brits still not ready for live gigs
Concerns hit reopening of comedy venues and theatres
19/07/2021 … More than half the country still feels uncomfortable about going to a live show as so-called ‘Freedom Day’ comes around.
Was the Soho Theatre right to cancel Chris McGlade?
It's an impossible call, writes Steve Bennett
19/07/2021 … The Soho Theatre faced an almost impossible dilemma in deciding whether to book comedian Chris McGlade for a second run.
Cancelled... for a show about forgiveness
Soho Theatre drops plans for Chris McGlade's run
19/07/2021 … Comedian Chris McGlade has complained that he has been cancelled after his show was ‘banned’ from the Soho Theatre.
Rushed to hospital with FOMO
New Channel 4 sketch from Jack Barry
19/07/2021 … It’s a crippling condition that only now is getting the attention it deserves: FOMO.
Sun 18 July 2021
Tom O'Connor dies at 81
Star of The Comedians and Name That Tune
18/07/2021 … Comedian Tom O'Connor has died at the age of 81, his family has said.