On new Comedy Central panel show
20/05/2021 … Alistair Campbell reads an extract from his book that earned him a nomination for a bad sex award in this clip from tomorrow’s opening episode of Yesterday,…
MP calls for comic's Desert Island Discs to be axed in antisemitism row
20/05/2021 … An MP has called for the BBC to axe Alexei Sayle’s Desert Island Discs on Sunday, accusing the the comedian of ‘excusing antisemitism’.
© Shutterstock New collaboration with Andy Nyman
20/05/2021 … The League of Gentlemen’s Jeremy Dyson is co-writing two new thrillers blending magic and espionage.
Another feather in comedian's cap
20/05/2021 … Joel Dommett is to host this year’s National Television Awards, it has been announced.
19/05/2021 … HBO Max has released the trailer for its Friends reunion.
© Timothy M. Moore/CC BY-SA 3.0 Comedian also worked on In Living Color and Chappelle’s Show
19/05/2021 … Paul Mooney, the writer and actor who helped Richard Pryor create some of his most provocative work, has died at the age of 79.
Boutique camping... and 150 comedians!
19/05/2021 … Some of the biggest names in stand-up are playing the Cambridge Comedy Festival this summer – a three-day open-air festival across five stages, with camping…
New executive appointed to Lucky 17
19/05/2021 … Lucky 17, the production company spun out of comedy agency UTC, has appointed a new executive to develop its own scripted shows.
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