James Acaster up for an Australian comedy award
Only the second Brit ever to be nominated for the Helpmann
20/06/2019 … James Acaster has been nominated for one of the top awards for live entertainment in Australia.
Thu 20 June 2019
© BBC/Two Brothers Fleabag up for three Television Critics Awards
More acclaim for Phoebe Waller-Bridge
20/06/2019 … Fleabag is up for three gongs in the prestigious Television Critics Awards in America, including programme of the year.
Cold Feet gets a ninth series
20/06/2019 … Cold Feet has been recommissioned for a ninth series.
© BBC David Walliams to star in a Cinderella sequel
With Sian Gibson in the title role
20/06/2019 … David Walliams and Sian Gibson are to star in a sequel to the Cinderella story for Sky One.
Wed 19 June 2019
Neil Hamburger: No One Loves A Hater
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Soho Theatre, London
19/06/2019 … He’s just released an album of songs, and Neil Hamburger takes to the Soho Theatre stage rasping soullessly through a minor Bobby Goldsboro hit from the 1960s,…
The battle of Blackpool
Legal tussle could sink comedy club
19/06/2019 … Comedians have raised more than £1,000 to help a comedy promoter embroiled in a ‘David and Goliath’ tussle with a venue he used to book.
© Plus Equals Sofie Hagen launches her own clothing range
Comic teams up with plus-size fashion label
19/06/2019 … Sofie Hagen has unveiled her own fashion range, a collection of vibrantly coloured jumpsuits for plus-sized bodies.
© XK Engineering/Maximilian Bühn/CC BY-SA 4.0 Cashback! Coogan's classic car scoops an award
Rare Jaguar E-Type restored to its original glory
19/06/2019 … Steve Coogan’s rare E-type Jaguar has won an award after being painstakingly restored.