A tight 5: June 11, 2013

BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT runner-up Jack Carroll has been signed up by a top comedy agent. He is now represented by Lisa Thomas Management, whose clients also include John Bishop, Jason Byrne and Jason Manford – who has already been giving the 14-year-old advice on his stand-up.

THE planned sequel to the 1994 comedy Dumb And Dumber has been dropped by Warner Bros, CNN has reported. Creators Bobby and Peter Farrelly are now searching for someone else to fund the ungramatically titled Dumb And Dumber To.

SKY1 has confirmed that the second, eight-part series of Ralf Little’s sitcom The Cafe will air from July.

ED BYRNE, Gina Yashere and Ronnie Corbett have signed up for an advertising campaign for Tesco Mobile, which launched on TV last night.

MARGARET CHO is making her own sitcom – just for YouTube. InTransition revolves around three women who have just been released from prison, and the first of 13 episodes will be out on July 3. Here’s a trailer:

Published: 11 Jun 2013