Joe Thomas turns to stand-up
Inbetweeners star makes his debut - via Zoom - this weekend
18/02/2021 … Inbetweeners star Joe Thomas is to become a stand-up comedian.
2021 Archives
Thu 18 February 2021
Sunderland to get a new comedy venue
Planning permission for intimate studio space
18/02/2021 … Sunderland is to get a new dedicated comedy venue.
© CBS Third series for Gina Yashere's Bob Hearts Abishola
'In your faces, white boy UK comics'
18/02/2021 … Gina Yashere’s US comedy Bob Hearts Abishola has been renewed for a third series.
© BBC/Staged Films Ltd UpStaged
David Tennant up for acting award - but co-star Michael Sheen isn't
18/02/2021 … David Tennant has been nominated for an award for his role in BBC One's Staged – but his opposite number Michael Sheen has missed out.
Romesh Ranganathan goes vaccine mythbusting
Celebs tape video urging take-up of Covid jab
18/02/2021 … Romesh Ranganathan, Meera Syal, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Adil Ray are among the celebrities fronting a new video campaign to encourage minority groups to take up the…
© BBC David Mitchell and Helena Bonham Carter join The Cleaner
Shooting under way on Greg Davies sitcom
18/02/2021 … Helena Bonham Carter, David Mitchell and Stephanie Cole have joined the cast of Greg Davies’s new BBC One comedy The Cleaner.
Alice Levine goes on a Sex Odyssey
C4 series for My Dad Wrote A Porno podcaster
18/02/2021 … She has been talking about bad sex for years as a co-creator of the comedy podcast My Dad Wrote A Porno.
Frank Skinner to release a prayer book
18/02/2021 … Frank Skinner has written a book of prayers, to be published in April.