Cornwall to get an outdoor comedy festival
18/05/2017 … Bill Bailey has been named as the first headliner for a new comedy festival taking place in Cornwall.
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© BBC Coming soon: Frankie Boyle's New World Order
Topical BBC Two show to launch in Jine
17/05/2017 … Details have emerged about Frankie Boyle's new topical TV comedy show, which is set to be called New World Order.
Stuart Goldsmith gets his fans to write his show
A crowdsourcing experiment for the Edinburgh Fringe
17/05/2017 … He's picked the brains of some of the world's best comedians on his podcast.
The Bluths are back
Netflix officially confirms Arrested Development series 5
17/05/2017 … Netflix has officially confirmed the fifth series of Arrested Development.
Philip Glenister to star in new Sky comedy-drama
Living The Dream is set in a US trailer park
17/05/2017 … Life on Mars actor Philip Glenister is to star in a major transatlantic comedy-drama for Sky.
© Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0 Daniel Radcliffe is an angel
...in a new US comedy set in heaven
17/05/2017 … Daniel Radcliffe is to star as an angel in a new US comedy show set in heaven.
David Baddiel takes over C4 continuity announcements
In the name of of dementia awareness
17/05/2017 … David Baddiel is to take over the Channel 4 continuity announcements on Friday in support of Dementia Awareness Week.
Westminster Abbey to say ‘goodbye to him’
And fans can attend Ronnie Corbett memorial
17/05/2017 … Westminster Abbey is to hold a thanksgiving service for Ronnie Corbett Fans of the comedian, who died March last year at the age of 85, will be able…