The Preacher, by Anthony Noack
28/05/2021 … It sounds like the sort of thing a trendy RE teacher would come up with.
2021 Archives
Fri 28 May 2021
Anonymous benefactor gives £25k to live comedy fund
Final push for more to help struggling industry
28/05/2021 … An anonymous backer yesterday gave £25,000 to the #SaveLiveComedy Fund to help comedians cope with the Covid lockdown.
Thu 27 May 2021
© Sky UK Lucky Breeders
Third series for Martin Freeman and Daisy Haggard's Sky comedy
27/05/2021 … Sky’s parenting comedy Breeders has been renewed for a third series, the broadcaster announced tonight.
Comics quit Comedy Central's all-female panel show
Sophie Duker and Kemah Bob walk off Yesterday, Today And The Day Before in censorship row
27/05/2021 … Two hosts of Comedy Central’s new female-led topical panel show have quit after just one episode in a row over censorship.
© C4 'Pedestrians now call me Pissface'
Tom Rosenthal and Simon Bird reflect on ten years of Friday Night Dinner
27/05/2021 … As Channel 4 prepares to air retrospective Friday Night Dinner: Ten Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel tomorrow night, its stars Tom Rosenthal and Simon Bird…
BBC orders a second series of All That Glitters
Katherine Ryan-fronted jewellery show to return
27/05/2021 … The BBC has ordered a second series of the Katherine Ryan-fronted craft show All That Glitters: Britain’s Next Jewellery Star.
© Stuart Hogben Bill Bailey to play Latitude's main stage
As Jo Brand, Katherine Ryan and more announced for comedy arena
27/05/2021 … Bill Bailey is to play this year’s Latitude festival, after his headlining appearance last year was cancelled because of the pandemic.
Wed 26 May 2021
The Skewer scores top radio award
Victory for Jon Holmes’s trippy satire
26/05/2021 … Jon Holmes’s trippy satirical show The Skewer has won the gold comedy award at the Audio & Radio Industry Awards 2021.