© BBC Claes Bang joins Stephen Merchant's The Offenders
As co-stars Julia Davis also gets a new role
10/06/2021 … Claes Bang has joined the cast of Stephen Merchant’s comedy-drama The Offenders.
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Thu 10 June 2021
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Brian and Charles head to Cannes
David Earl’s film to be marketed to buyers
09/06/2021 … The big-screen version of David Earl’s dark comedy Brian And Charles is ready to hit the market.
Jennifer Saunders to star in new Mike Myers series
Netflix show about shadowy society The Pentaverate
09/06/2021 … Jennifer Saunders is to co-star alongside Mike Myers in a new Netflix series called The Pentaverate.
© Sky/CPL Rob & Romesh Vs returns to Sky One
09/06/2021 … Rob & Romesh Vs will return to Sky One next month, the broadcaster has announced.
Caimh McDonnell sells the screen rights to his novels
With Chris Addison set to adapt them
09/06/2021 … The crime thrillers of comedian turned novelist Caimh McDonnell could be turned into a TV or film series after the rights were sold to production company Avalon.
New sitcom for Bill Bailey
Radio 4 show about a middle-aged man and his imaginary childhood friend
09/06/2021 … Bill Bailey is to star in a new BBC comedy about a middle-aged man who suddenly meets up with his imaginary childhood friend.
Tue 08 June 2021
The Windsors to become a West End stage show
Harry Enfield to play the Prince Of Wales... at the Prince Of Wales Theatre
08/06/2021 … Channel 4’s Royal family sitcom The Windsors is to hit the West End stage this summer.
© Anna Shvets/Pexels What makes comedians special? It's all in the mind...
Researchers find comics have different brains from everyone else
08/06/2021 … Comedians might like to think their brains are wired differently than everybody else’s – and now scientific research has proved it.