BBC comedy chief Shane Allen on why the Corporation set up a Comedy Association
14/12/2020 … British comedy is one of our greatest cultural triumphs exported the world over; from Chaplin to Fleabag it’s something we’re exceptional at.
14/12/2020 … The words of comedy and theatre have today paid tribute to ebullient producer David Johnson, who died yesterday at the age of 60.
Commentating on awkward enocounters
14/12/2020 … Comedians are to set members of the public up with blind dates in a new series being made for Sky One.
New festival, financing and programmes, especially focussed on the under-represnted
14/12/2020 … The BBC has announced a raft of new measures to boost its comedy output by encouraging new talent.
14/12/2020 … Rowan Atkinson is to make a series of physical comedy shorts for Netflix entitled Man Vs Bee.
© Andrew Perry Eight-episode show based on his experiences as a stalking victim
14/12/2020 … Netflix is to make an eight-part series based on Richard Gadd’s award-winning one-man show Baby Reindeer.
Stevie Martin and Lola-Rose Maxwell share your pain
13/12/2020 … Stevie Martin and Lola-Rose Maxwell have recreated the frustrating experience of trying to track down an online parcel in a new video.
In support of the Gilded Balloon
13/12/2020 … David O'Doherty tells his favourite Christmas joke in this new video.
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