Ahir Shah: Dress
Review of the comic's new lockdown-inspired show
04/11/2021 … Ahir Shah is one of the most astute stand-ups around, so he’s well aware of the pitfalls of basing a show on the past 18 months, in which we’ve all observed…
2021 Archives
Thu 04 November 2021
BBC comedy development producer joins her old bosses
Emily Allen takes a new job Boffola Pictures
04/11/2021 … Boffola Pictures, the production company set up by former BBC comedy chiefs Shane Allen and Kate Daughton, has made its first appointment Emily Allen –…
Early Channel 4 sitcom unearthed after almost 40 years
Crowdfunding drive to get wordless comedy The Optimist released on DVD
04/11/2021 … One of the first sitcoms made for Channel 4 could finally see the light of day again after almost 40 years The Optimist starred comedian and original…
Third series for Code 404
Sky confirms return of futuristic cop comedy
04/11/2021 … Sky has commissioned a third series of Code 404 - the futuristic crime-fighting comedy starring Stephen Graham, Daniel Mays and Anna Maxwell Martin.
Rob Brydon, Lee Mack and David Mitchell back on the road
04/11/2021 … Rob Brydon, Lee Mack and David Mitchell are going back on the road The Would I Lie To You trio have announced dates in Torquay, Halifax, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Ipswich,…
Daniel Radcliffe gets to work more miracles
US comedy series renewed for season 4
04/11/2021 … Daniel Radcliffe and Steve Buscemi’s comedy Miracle Workers is to return for a fourth series.
Nina Conti writes a memoir
...with her Monkey puppet as co-author!
04/11/2021 … Nina Conti is writing a memoir – with her puppet Monkey.
Wed 03 November 2021
© UKTV Comics help tackle sexual harassment on the circuit
Fundraising gigs for the new HR body, Get Off! Live Comedy
03/11/2021 … Sara Pascoe, Nish Kumar, Russell Howard and more are to take part in two major fundraising gigs to tackle sexual harassment within the live comedy industry.