BBC buys American comedy Twenties
About an aspiring writer trying to make it in Hollywood
08/10/2020 … US comedy Twenties, about an aspiring young black lesbian writer, is coming to BBC iPlayer.
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Thu 08 October 2020
Jerry Sadowitz auctions HIMSELF on eBay
Bid for a private gig from the offensive comic-magician
08/10/2020 … Jerry Sadowitz is auctioning himself off on eBay.
Radio 4 series for Room Next Door's Michael Spicer
Commission follows success of the pilot
08/10/2020 … Radio 4 has ordered a comedy series from Room Next Door comedian, Michael Spicer, following the success of a pilot episode.
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Gold launches its annual Christmas cracker competition
08/10/2020 … ■ ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE TV comedy channel Gold has announced the return of its annual Christmas cracker joke competition The broadcaster is again seeking…
'Fantastic four' join BBC Studios' comedy department
New producers at programme-making arm
08/10/2020 … The comedy department at BBC Studios has appointed four new producers.
Wed 07 October 2020
© C4 When is the Last Leg back for a 20th series?
Channel 4 announces show's return with a Stand Up To Cancer special
07/10/2020 … Channel 4 has confirmed that The Last Leg will return on October 23.
© Mark Harriosn/Avalon/Britbox Spitting Image to return in autumn 2021
...after first episode boosts Britbox numbers
07/10/2020 … The second series of the revived Spitting Image will air next autumn, Britbox has today confirmed.
Comics release more Conversations Against Living Miserably podcasts
To mark mental health awareness day
07/10/2020 … Comedians are to talk about their mental health in a new series of the Conversations Against Living Miserably podcast.