Airplane! co-creator Jim Abrahams dies at 80
Writer-director also worked on Naked Gun, Hot Shots and Scream 4
27/11/2024 … Jim Abrahams, who co-created spoofs such as Airplane! and The Naked Gun, has died at the age of 80.
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Wed 27 November 2024
Tue 26 November 2024
What was Mr Bean's first name?
26/11/2024 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Deer Shed 2025 announces its first comedy names
North Yorkshire festival now on sale
26/11/2024 … The first comedy names have been announced for next year’s Deer Shed Festival.
Edinburgh Fringe Society reports another loss
Festival 'is far too valuable for us to let it decline' says outgoing boss
26/11/2024 … The charity that organises the Edinburgh Fringe has warned that it is in a ‘perilous’ financial position as it reports yet another loss.
Claudia Trentino named best new (old) act
Comedy competition for the over-35s
26/11/2024 … Claudia Trentino has won 2024's West End New (Old) Act of the Year comedy competition.
Jazz Emu to release 30-minute music video
To go with his new album Ego Death
26/11/2024 … Comedy musician Jazz Emu is to release a new album, Ego Death, accompanied by a 30-minute music film.
© BBC/Vico Films Young Offenders returns for a Christmas special
As does Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
26/11/2024 … Young Offenders is to return for a Christmas special.
Lolly Adefope and Jayde Adams star in Tiddler
Latest adaptation of a Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler book
26/11/2024 … Lolly Adefope and Jayde Adams are to star in an animated adaptation of the children’s book Tiddler.