A tight 5: May 9

EDDIE 'The Eagle' Edwards has joined the line-up of the first Just For Laughs comedy festival to be held in London. The ski-jump hero will be sharing his anecdotes over two nights – July 22 and 23. Tickets for all shows at the fortnight-long event, which also includes Jim Jefferies, Piff The Magic Dragon and Gina Yashere, will go on sale tomorrow.

NETFLIX has ordered a ten-part comedy series based on the 2014 cult movie Dear White People. Creator Justin Simien is writing the adaptation, which will begin filming later this year for a 2017 debut. The show, like the movie, is set among a group of black students in an Ivy League college. Read our film review here.

RUSSELL BRAND is set to become a father for the first time, The Sun reports today. The comedian's girlfriend Laura Gallacher is said to be five months pregnant.

THIS YEAR's Greenwich comedy festival has announced its 2016 line-up, including Nina Conti, Reginald D Hunter, Adam Buxton, Milton Jones, James Acaster, Henning Wehn, Richard Herring, Arthur Smith, Cardinal Burns and Seann Walsh. The event runs at the National Maritime Museum from July 26 to 31. Website.

THE CORNBURY festival has announced its comedy line-up. Dane Baptiste, Carl Donnelly, Ed Gamble and Nish Kumar are among the acts taking part in the Oxfordshire festival on the weekend of July 8 to 10. Music headliners are Jamie Cullum, Bryan Ferry and Seal. Tickets, which are £200 for an adult camping pass, are available here

Published: 9 May 2016