Sky announces a second series of Brassic
...before the first has even aired
22/08/2019 … Sky has announced that it’s new comedy Brassic will get a second series – on the very day that the first launches.
Thu 22 August 2019
Janine Harouni wins Amused Moose Award
For comedians 'on the cusp of fame'
22/08/2019 … Janine Harouni beat more than 180 hopefuls to win the Amused Moose Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Jennifer Saunders joins There’s Something About Movies
With Tom Allen becoming a regular
22/08/2019 … Jennifer Saunders is to become a team captain in the second series of Alan Carr’s panel show, There’s Something About Movies.
© UKTV 'I'm just in the background trying not to laugh'
Tom Rosenthal on playing Pike in the Dad's Army remake
22/08/2019 … On Sunday, Gold airs the first of its remake of three lost episodes of Dad’s Army.
Wed 21 August 2019
© Big Talk Productions Mum set for an American remake
US uber-producer snaps up the rights
21/08/2019 … One of America’s top producers is working on a US remake of the BBC Two comedy Mum.
Rhys James: Snitch
Edinburgh Fringe review by Jay Richardson
21/08/2019 … Rhys James hasn't got much to offer in the diversity stakes, barring the look and demeanour of a prison snitch.
Annie McGrath: Shepherd
Edinburgh Fringe review by Steve Bennett
21/08/2019 … Creepy men are comedy’s renewable energy source, with a seemingly inexhaustible supply of grubby behaviour for female stand-ups to expose and ridicule.
Nominees announced for Dave's Edinburgh Comedy Awards
Including the first black British women to be shortlisted
21/08/2019 … The nominees have been announced for Dave’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards,.