Billy Connolly to celebrate his 50-year stand-up career
New retrospective series for Gold
30/06/2021 … Billy Connolly is to front a new series for the Gold channel, celebrating his 50-year stand-up career.
2021 Archives
Wed 30 June 2021
Tue 29 June 2021
The Pin on The South Bank Show
Ben Ashenden and Alexander Owen talk to Melyvn Bragg
29/06/2021 … The Pin – aka Ben Ashenden and Alexander Owen - feature in this week’s South Bank Show, after being named the breakthrough comedy act in the arts programme’s…
© BBC Studios Good Omens to return for a second series
And with John Finnemore joining as co-writer
29/06/2021 … Michael Sheen and David Tennant are returning for a second series of the fantasy comedy-drama Good Omens.
New TV show for Rosie & Chris Ramsey
Couple draw on their Sh**ged Married Annoyed podcast for talk-show pilot
29/06/2021 … Chris & Rosie Ramsey are piloting a new late-night comedy chat show.
What is the name of the family in Outnumbered?
29/06/2021 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Just For Laughs honours Dave Chappelle
As festival puts all its 2021 programming online for free
29/06/2021 … Dave Chappelle is to be named Comedy Person of the Year by Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival.
New book to celebrate 30 years of Bottom
Crowdfunding drive launched for companion volume
29/06/2021 … Three die-hard fans of Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson’s sitcom Bottom are trying to crowdfund a book celebrating its 30-year anniversary.
How podcasts are born
29/06/2021 … Ever wondered how a podcast comes to life? Well wonder no more as Irish comic Sean Burke has lifted the lid open just how all those hot takes got from idle banter…