Asim Chaudhry stars in new Walkers Crisps ad
18/03/2021 … Asim Chaudhry has replaced Gary Lineker as the face of Walkers Crisps in their new advert.
2021 Archives
Thu 18 March 2021
© Mynavi News/CC BY-SA 3.0 Olympic chief: 'Let's dress this comedian as a pig'
Tokyo organiser quits over 'huge insult'
18/03/2021 … The creative chief of the Tokyo Olympics has been forced to quit after suggesting a female comedian be lowered into the stadium dressed as a pig.
© BBC Catherine Tate's Nan is back
...in a Comic Relief sketch with Daniel Craig as 007
18/03/2021 … Catherine Tate’s Nan is to make a TV comeback – to interrogate James Bond.
Wed 17 March 2021
Coffee shop crime
17/03/2021 … Things get tense when a gunman storms a coffee shop in this comedy short.
The Humorist
A comedian torn between art and success
17/03/2021 … That The Humorist is a Russian arthouse film, often deliberately discomforting, is certain to be enough to put a lot of potential viewers off.
© Matt Stronge Lloyd Griffith announces rescheduled tour dates
17/03/2021 … Lloyd Griffith has announced the rescheduled dates for his Not Just A Pretty Face tour.
© BBC/Expectation Second series for In My Skin
Comedy-drama renewed after scooping an RTS award
17/03/2021 … The BBC has ordered a second series of the dark comedy-drama In My Skin, about about a teenage girl whose mother has been sectioned in a mental facility.
© First Minister Of Scotland Still no reopening date for Scottish venues
Nicola Sturgeon insists it's 'too early' for specifics, sustaining doubt over the Edinburgh Fringe
17/03/2021 … Nicola Sturgeon has declined to set a date for the full return of live entertainment in Scotland.