© BBC/Merman Motherland set for US remake
Bridesmaids director Paul Feig working with UK writers
25/03/2021 … Motherland is set to be remade for an American audience.
2021 Archives
Thu 25 March 2021
© BBC/Merman 
Randy Feltface on vaping... and his sexual preferences
At the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala
25/03/2021 … Randy Feltface rants about vaping – and tries to explain his gender and sexual identity - in this clip from the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala.
Carl Donnelly at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
On mask, quarantine and cancelled Christmas
25/03/2021 … Carl Donnelly has achieved what might seem an impossible feat for a lot of fellow British comedians - and performed stand-up to a theatre full of people.
Punches thrown at comedian's gig... again
Another Alex Williamson show turns nasty
25/03/2021 … For most comedians, a gig turning ugly is a rare, unfortunate occurrence.
Yon Watches Chernobyl: The Musical
From Australian comedy band Tripod
25/03/2021 … American comedy trio Tripod have created a mini-musical based on Chernobyl.
Wed 24 March 2021
Daily Briefing: The one-year annivesary
As interpreted by Larry and Paul
24/03/2021 … Comedy duo Larry and Paul have offered their regular take on the government’s daily Covid briefing to mark the one-year anniversary if lockdown.
Ready for take-off?
Newer writers get mentoring via The Female Pilot Club
24/03/2021 … Five comedy writers, including stand-up Athena Kugblenu, are to receive mentoring from established TV names in a bid to improve the gender balance.
© Idil Sukan A literary heavyweight?
James McNicholas turns his Fringe hit The Boxer into a book
24/03/2021 … Comedian James McNicholas has turned his acclaimed 2019 Edinburgh Fringe show The Boxer into a book.