327,000 watch the Big Burns Supper
Online success for Janey Godley-hosted show
26/01/2021 … Janey Godley’s Big Burns Supper attracted a digital audience of 327,000 viewers last night.
Tue 26 January 2021
David Nobbs writing bursary ups its prize
£750 for promising comedy talent
26/01/2021 … The comedy writing prize set up in memory of Reggie Perrin creator David Nobbs has increased its prize.
Eleanor Tiernan to record a Radio 4 special
Comic joins Sunday night line-of shows
26/01/2021 … Eleanor Tiernan is to record her first Radio 4 comedy special.
© James Gilham Katherine Ryan writes her autobiography
'From Hooters waitress to comedy megastar'
26/01/2021 … Katherine Ryan is writing her autobiography, The Audacity, to will be published in September.
© Banjay Alan Carr: I was injured by a shark
26/01/2021 … Alan Carr has revealed that he was injured by a shark… without going anywhere near the ocean.
Mon 25 January 2021
© BBC Rhod Gilbert: Stand Up To Infertility
25/01/2021 … This might be the first BBC medical documentary to contain the phrase: ‘There’s some contentious shit right there.
Gatcrashers provide a dramatic end to Eddie Izzard's marathon
'I beg of you please stay out!'
25/01/2021 … Eddie Izzard’s 24th consecutive marathon had a dramatic ending yesterday as gatecrashers tried to invade the studio where the comic was running.
First trailer for Bloods
New Sky series with Samson Kayo and Jane Horrocks
25/01/2021 … Sky has released the first trailer for Bloods, its new sitcom starring Samson Kayo and Jane Horrocks as paramedic partners.