© BBC BBC gives Young Offenders a second series
More misadventures for Conor and Jock
07/02/2018 … The BBC has commissioned a second series of Irish comedy The Young Offenders, Chortle can reveal.
2018 News
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Wed 07 February 2018
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Tom Allen joins Bake Off
To present The Professionals spin-off show
07/02/2018 … Tom Allen has joined the Bake Off team.
Three new West End dates for Austentatious
Monthly run at the Savoy Theatre
07/02/2018 … Improvised Jane Austen show Austentatious has added three more nights in London’s West End.
Comics raise £10,000 for the Children's Trust
Big benefit at the Comedy Store
07/02/2018 … A charity gig hosted by Adam Hills last night raised £10,000 for The Children’s Trust, the UK’s leading charity for children with brain injury.
Book deal for Lady Garden comic
Eleanor Thom to write about living with endometriosis
07/02/2018 … Comedian Eleanor Thom, formerly of sketch troupe Lady Garden, has signed a deal to write a book about living with endometriosis.
TV deal for drag queens Denim
Mockumentary in development with Death In Paradise producers
07/02/2018 … Drag queen girlband Denim are developing a TV series based on their stage act.
Anonymous donor stumps up the biggest prize in comedy
£1 more than the Edinburgh Fringe award
07/02/2018 … It sounds too good to be true – but the biggest prize in comedy has been put up for grabs thanks to an ‘anonymous donor’.
Kevin Hart to become an animated character
TV pilot based on his childhood
07/02/2018 … Kevin Hart is set to be turned into an animated character for a new American TV show.