Would I Lie To You? lands a tenth series
12/04/2016 … BBC One has commissioned a tenth series of comedy panel show Would I Lie To You? Host Rob Brydon and team captains David Mitchell and Lee Mack have both signed…
Tue 12 April 2016
Zanzoop: Feeble Minds
Melbourne comedy festival review by Steve Bennett
12/04/2016 … Omnishambles doesn’t quite do justice to the car-crash chaos of Zanzoop – but it’s a gloriously silly omnishambles of lunatic invention and…
Nick Capper: Parallax Capper
Melbourne comedy festival review by Steve Bennett
12/04/2016 … Nick Capper’s family history involves encounters with Idi Amin, his father dating his mother after saving her life, and his grandfather fleeing England for…
Nazeem Hussain: Hussain In The Membrane
Melbourne comedy festival review by Steve Bennett
12/04/2016 … Nazeem Hussain has made his comedy name as a gateway Muslim – an affable bridge between white and brown cultures able to gently mock both.
Yve Blake wins Rebel Wilson scholarship
To work on musical about teenage fangirls
12/04/2016 … Musical comedian Yve Blake has won an Australian scholarship backed by Hollywood star Rebel Wilson to work on her dream project.
Mon 11 April 2016
© BBC/Objective Productions/Chris Brock Meet the new Hyacinth Bucket
Kerry Howard lands starring role in prequel
11/04/2016 … Kerry Howard is to play the young Hyacinth Bucket in the BBC's Keeping Up Appearances prequel.
True Australian Patriots Live
Melbourne comedy festival review by Steve Bennett
11/04/2016 … Originally set up as an online reaction to the hatred of vile far-right groups such as Reclaim Australia, True Australian Patriots has become THE cult hit of this…
Wil Anderson: Fire At Wil
Melbourne comedy festival review by Steve Bennett
11/04/2016 … Wil Anderson has grown up with this festival and is now one of its biggest draws, packing big theatres and winning people’s choice award galore.