...but comedy IS included in government arts bailout
29/07/2020 … Hopes that the live comedy scene could make a relatively brisk return to normality have been dashed by Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden.
26 years on, groundbreaking comedy can be seen again
29/07/2020 … Every episode of influential sketch comedy show The Real McCoy has been released on iPlayer.
© Karla Gowlett Brighton's new venue to beat Covid
28/07/2020 … Brighton Beach is to host a raft of comedy shows this summer, with the opening of a new outdoor venue, The Warren, the hub for the annual Brighton Fringe every…
The Marvelous Mrs Maisel leads shortlists
28/07/2020 … John Oliver, What We Do In The Shadows, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Hannah Gadsby have all been nominated for Emmy awards.
28/07/2020 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© BBC Lee Mack speaks ahead of his new BBC comedy, Semi-Detached
28/07/2020 … What can you tell us about Semi-Detached? It’s about a man who lives with his much younger girlfriend and he’s living opposite his ex-wife who lives…
© BBC Interview with David Crow and Oliver Maltman, writers of new BBC comedy Semi-Detched
28/07/2020 … What can you tell us about Semi-Detached? It’s about divorced couple Stuart (Lee Mack) and Kate (Samantha Spiro), who live on opposite sides of the same…
'Lockdown has given us great opportunities'
28/07/2020 … The company behind spoof website Daily Mash has doubled its cash balance in six months Digitalbox plc, which also owns Entertainment Daily, swelled its bank…
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