A tight 5: January 28

THE reunion of sketch group Absolutely for Radio 4's Sketchorama strand has scooped the prize for best scripted comedy with a studio audience at the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2014. Stars Pete Baikie, Gordon Kennedy, Morwenna Banks, Moray Hunter were joined by host Thom Tuck and producer Gus Beattie to pick up the award. Meanwhile Love And Sweets 3: Grand Canyon by Richard Marsh took the award for best scripted comedy-drama. Absolutely's Sketchorama is to be repeated on February 10 at 11pm.

ALAN CARR sold out two venues in minutes yesterday. He announced intimate work in progress gigs at Barton-on-Humber's Rooperty Hall in North Lincolnshire, which sold out in ten minutes, and Tiverton Community Arts Theatre in Devon, which sold out in 45.

BRIDGET CHRISTIE and Richard Herring are to discuss 'What's a liberal allowed to laugh at?' as part of a series called 37 Things You Need to Know about Modern Britain at The House of St Barnabas in Soho, Central London, on March 5. Tickets

MILTON JONES's new six-part Radio 4 show, Thanks A Lot, Milton Jones, is to start on February 19, it has been announced. The cast also includes Tom Goodman-Hill, Dan Tetsell, Ben Willbond and Josie Lawrence.

ITV sitcom Vicious is to be exported to the States. Broadcaster PBS – which is enjoying ratings success with fellow UK imports Downton Abbey and Sherlock – has snapped up the six-episode first series, starring Sir Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi, which it will air from July 6. The sale comes as Sir Ian is wowing Broadway in both Samuel Beckett's Waiting For Godot and Harold Pinter's No Man's Land.

Published: 28 Jan 2014