Avalon buys into another talent management firm
Taking a majority stake in The Agency
20/10/2020 … Comedy management and production company Avalon has bought a majority stake in fellow talent company The Agency.
Tue 20 October 2020
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Review of Sara Pascoe's new BBC Two comedy
20/10/2020 … As opening lines go, ‘My name is Sara Pascoe and I’m going to destroy your faith in love’ is as bold and unambiguous a statement of intent as you…
Just For Laughs hails digital success
20/10/2020 … Montreal’s Just For Laughs comedy festival is hailing its 2020 digital version a success, after attracting 778,000 viewers worldwide.
What was Loadsamoney's job?
20/10/2020 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Dane Baptiste to pilot Bamous for BBC Three
Satirical show about the limited opportunities for black talent
20/10/2020 … Dane Baptiste is to front a one-off satirical show for BBC Three about the limited opportunities for black talent in the UK.
© BBC/Nit TV/Ray Burmiston Harry Hill launches a podcast
20/10/2020 … Harry Hill is launching a new podcast, with a big difference.
The supernatural? I’m quite sceptical... it's just physics
Simon Pegg on his hew comedy-horror, Truth Seekers
20/10/2020 … Truth Seekers, the new comedy-horror from Nick Frost and Simon Pegg about a team of part-time paranormal investigators, lands on Amazon Prime Video on October 30.
How improv could make your life better
20/10/2020 … Comedian Pippa Evans has written a self-help book based around improv.