Spinal Tap sequel to hit screens... 40 years on
Director Rob Reiner confirms mockumentary
13/05/2022 … Rob Reiner is to make a sequel to This Is Spinal Tap, almost 40 years after the hugely influentual original.
2022 Archives
Fri 13 May 2022
© UKTV Dave orders 20 more episodes of Meet The Richardsons
Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont will return for two more seasons
13/05/2022 … Meet The Richardsons has been renewed for two new series – with 20 more episodes heading to Dave.
© UKTV Murder, They Hope gets a second series
Johnny Vegas and Sian Gibson to return to Gold
13/05/2022 … Comedy channel Gold has ordered a second series of Murder, They Hope with Johnny Vegas and Sian Gibson.
Thu 12 May 2022
Andy Zaltzman: Satirist For Hire
Review as the News Quiz host brings his show to the Soho Theatre
12/05/2022 … Andy Zaltzman’s been ridiculing current affairs for so long now – 4,228 episodes of The Bugle podcast alone – that he surely has a gag for…
BBC Radio Wales show for Robin Morgan and Leroy Brito
Duotake Saturday late afternoon slot
12/05/2022 … Welsh comedians Robin Morgan and Leroy Brito are to present a new BBC Radio Wales show.
The Room Next Door: Michael Gove
12/05/2022 … You might think Michael Gove’s car-crash interview on BBC Breakfast yesterday was beyond parody… but the Room Next Door’s Michael Spicer has had…
BBC wants more comedy from North East England
New development partnership launched
12/05/2022 … BBC Comedy has set up a new partnership to develop scripted comedy in the North East of England, with the aim of getting of more of the region’s talent on…
Wed 11 May 2022
© BBC Preview of Inside No 9: Kid/Nap
With Danny Mays, Jason Isaacs and Daisy Haggard
11/05/2022 … Here’s a sneak preview of next week’s Inside No 9, based around a kidnapping.