Ricky Gervais announces new David Brent dates
05/10/2016 … Ricky Gervais has announced two more music gigs as David Brent.
Wed 05 October 2016
© ABC Ronny Chieng's sitcom picked up for series
To air in the US and Australia
05/10/2016 … Ronny Chieng’s sitcom has been picked up for a full series in Australia and America, following a successful pilot.
Tue 04 October 2016
Omid Djalili: Schmuck For A Night
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Beck Theatre, Hayes
04/10/2016 … ‘I’ve been offending people around the country,’ is how Omid Djalili describes his tour.
They're battling their demons
Howard Overman on his new comedy-horror, Crazyhead
04/10/2016 … Misfits creator Howard Overman has written a new comedy/horror series, Crazyhead, which debuts on E4 this autumn before a later Netflix release.
Off the hook
No action against comic who called Turkish president a goat-shagger
04/10/2016 … German prosecutors have dropped their case against a comedian accused of insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Women scoop ALL these comedy writing awards
04/10/2016 … WOMEN have cleaned up in a talent hunt for exciting new comedy writers, scooping all four awards.
Matt Richardson gets spooky
Hosting new 'haunted house' show with Christine Lampard
04/10/2016 … Matt Richardson is to present a Halloween TV series in which celebrities check into a supposedly haunted hotel.
© Ewen Roberts/Creative Commons Jessica Hynes creates female superhero
But no broadcaster is signed up
04/10/2016 … Jessica Hynes has written a TV show about a female superhero.