Noel Fielding pilots new creativity gameshow
21/01/2020 … Noel Fielding is piloting a new TV show celebrating the creativity of celebrities.
2020 News
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John Bishop announces 'warm-up' tour
...in 2,000-seaters with tickets priced up to £38!
20/01/2020 … When is a tour not a tour? John Bishop has announced almost 50 dates running across the whole of the year – yet all are described as ‘warm-up…
Stop this hooky Del Boy show!
Legal action launched over Only Fools dining experience
20/01/2020 … Producers of a ‘hooky’ live show based on Only Fools and Horses are being sued by the estate of the sitcom's creator John Sullivan.
Lee Mack pilots ITV game show
20/01/2020 … Lee Mack is piloting a new game show for ITV.
Apple TV is Trying
Streaming services orders new Britcom with Imelda Staunton and Rafe Spall
20/01/2020 … Imelda Staunton and Rafe Spall are to star in a relationship comedy called Trying for Apple's on-demand TV service.
Alternative comedy pioneer Jenny Lecoat writes her first novel
And already it's been sold to America for a six-figure sum
20/01/2020 … Jenny Lecoat, one of the pioneers of the alternative comedy circuit, has written her first novel - and it has just been sold to an American publisher in a six-figure…
Netflix to make a series about the Paris stand-up scene
Tracking four would-be comedians
20/01/2020 … Netflix is making a fictional series about four young comedians trying to make it in the Paris stand-up scene.
Steve Martin and Martin Short to star in 'true crime' comedy
Co-created with Grace and Frankie producer
20/01/2020 … Steve Martin and Martin Short are making a new comedy series inspired by the true-crime craze.