© Patrick Olner Borat and Alan Partridge scribe at the BBC Comedy Festival
27/05/2023 … Acclaimed writer Peter Baynham lifted the lid on his illustrious career in a session at the BBC Comedy Festival in Cardiff yesterday.
Two candidates to get career boosts
26/05/2023 … BBC Comedy have launched a scheme to try to redress the lack of disabled people editing in scripted comedy shows.
© Hat Trick Productions Jokes at Home Secretary's expense
26/05/2023 … Suella Braverman’s attempt to wangle herself a private speed awareness course comes under the spotlight on Have I Got News For You tonight.
© Patrick Olner Comic says he doesn't have the same hunger as his Marion & Geoff days
26/05/2023 … Rob Brydon says his days of writing scripted comedy are behind him as he no longer has the hunger to prove himself.
© C4 26/05/2023 … Channel 4 has ordered a third series of Jimmy Carr gameshow I Literally Just Told You.
Comic claims 'exceptional hardship' after being caught speeding
26/05/2023 … Jim Davidson has appeared at Southampton Crown Court in a bid to reverse a 12-month driving ban for speeding.
Robin Morgan and Kiri Pritchard-McLean to host What Just Happened?
26/05/2023 … Robin Morgan and Kiri Pritchard-McLean are to front a new topical panel show for BBC Radio Wales.
© Salper88/Pixabay 26/05/2023 … Tweets of the week First they came for the mimes, and I said nothing, which was a mistake.
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