Sky gets a new comedy commissioning exec
Emily Allen joins from Boffola Pictures
12/02/2024 … Sky Studios had announced that Emily Allen will be joining the team as commissioning executive for comedy.
Mon 12 February 2024
© BBC/Monumental Pictures/Guido Mandozzi Ghosts named comedy of the year
12/02/2024 … Ghosts has been named comedy of the year at the comedy.
Paul Currie may face legal action in antisemitism storm
Comedian 'hounds Jewish audience member out of his show'
12/02/2024 … Paul Currie could face legal action after being accused of inciting antisemitic chants against audience members during his comedy show.
Omid Djalili announces new tour, Namaste
...as Russell Kane expands his Hyperactive dates
12/02/2024 … Omid Djalili has announced a new tour – in which he vows to yield to his inner anger.
Richard Ayoade to narrate Bill Bryson’s Short History of Nearly Everything
Bestselling pop science book to be turned into an animation
12/02/2024 … Richard Ayoade is to narrate an animated version of Bill Bryson’s popular science book, A Short History of Nearly Everything.
© Alex Lake Romesh Ranganathan and Rob Delaney to read Bluey stories
12/02/2024 … Romesh Ranganathan and Rob Delaney are among the celebrities lined up to read Bluey storybooks in a new social media series.
Derry Girls star Kevin McAleer to retire from live comedy
Comic Stewart Lee once called '‘the funniest stand-up I’ve ever seen'
12/02/2024 … Kevin McAleer is to retire from stand-up after 40 years.
© Ricochet Ltd 'A part of me is cavalier about survival... I can be a lunatic at times'
Rhod Gilbert and Angela Barnes on tackling one of the world's most dangerous roads
12/02/2024 … The World’s Most Dangerous Roads returns to Dave on Sunday, starting with Rhod Gilbert and Angela Barnes travelling Italy’s most treacherous Alpine…