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© Sophia Spring 20/05/2021 … ITV has commissioned a four-part adaptation of Graham Norton’s bestselling debut novel, Holding, to be directed by Kathy Burke Conleth Hill will take…
MP calls for comic's Desert Island Discs to be axed in antisemitism row
20/05/2021 … An MP has called for the BBC to axe Alexei Sayle’s Desert Island Discs on Sunday, accusing the the comedian of ‘excusing antisemitism’.
© Shutterstock New collaboration with Andy Nyman
20/05/2021 … The League of Gentlemen’s Jeremy Dyson is co-writing two new thrillers blending magic and espionage.
Another feather in comedian's cap
20/05/2021 … Joel Dommett is to host this year’s National Television Awards, it has been announced.
© Timothy M. Moore/CC BY-SA 3.0 Comedian also worked on In Living Color and Chappelle’s Show
19/05/2021 … Paul Mooney, the writer and actor who helped Richard Pryor create some of his most provocative work, has died at the age of 79.
New executive appointed to Lucky 17
19/05/2021 … Lucky 17, the production company spun out of comedy agency UTC, has appointed a new executive to develop its own scripted shows.
Musical sisters punch up West End romp
19/05/2021 … Musical comedy duo Flo & Joan have written five new songs for West End drag show Death Drop.
Playing a 'brash yet intelligent working-class single mum'
19/05/2021 … Daisy May Cooper is to star in a new BBC drama about a working-class single mum.
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