© ITV Richard Bacon devises comedy quiz
With Adam Devine and Ron Funches in the US
10/01/2021 … Richard Bacon has created a comedy quiz show being piloted in the UK and the US.
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Sun 10 January 2021
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Rob Delaney and Sally Phillips join new romance film
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight being filmed in London
08/01/2021 … Rob Delaney and Sally Phillips have joined the cast of the forthcoming romance film The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight.
© UKTV Comedies shortlisted for BBC Audio Drama Awards 2021
Were these the funniest shows on radio?
08/01/2021 … Shows featuring Lenny Henry, Tim Key, Milton Jones and others have been shortlisted for this year’s BBC Audio Drama Awards.
Police Academy star Marion Ramsey dies at 73
Famous for playing squeaky-voiced Laverne Hooks
08/01/2021 … Marion Ramsey, who played squeaky-voiced Laverne Hooks in the Police Academy movies, has died at the age of 73.
BBC got 193 complaints over Goes Wrong Show's Nativity
Level of outrage over 'humour offensive to Christians' revealed
08/01/2021 … The BBC received 193 complaints that the Nativity edition of the Goes Wrong Show was ‘offensive to Christians’, it has been revealed.
Thu 07 January 2021
© Netflix Aziz Ansari's Master Of None to return
EXCLUSIVE: Season three to be shot in London
07/01/2021 … Aziz Ansari's Master Of None is to return for a third series, this time shot in London, Chortle can reveal.
Edinburgh Fringe pioneer Jim Haynes dies at 87
Co-founder of the Traverse Theatre and champion of the counter-culture
07/01/2021 … Jim Haynes, one of the founding fathers of the Edinburgh Fringe, has died in Paris at the age of 87.
Save our festivals, Rishi!
Live comedy industry urges government to insure major events
07/01/2021 … Key players in the comedy industry have called on the government to insure the biggest festivals for 2021 so planning can get under way.