© Matt Crockett Mae Martin unveils her new stand-up show
24/02/2021 … Mae Martin has announced a short autumn stand-up tour, entitled Sap.
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Wed 24 February 2021
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© Idil Sukan More comedians join BBC's new stand-up series
24/02/2021 … More names have been revealed for BBC Two’s new stand-up showcase.
Phil Wang to release his first book
About being 'from two worlds at once'
24/02/2021 … Phil Wang has written his first book, inspired by the question he’s asked with relentless regularity: ‘But where are you really from?’ The…
Tom Allen takes care of Quiziness
24/02/2021 … Tom Allen is to host a new Channel 4 game show, Quiziness.
Tue 23 February 2021
BBC orders 20 Laugh Lessons comedy shorts
With comedians from across the UK
23/02/2021 … The BBC is to air a series of 20 sketches from up-and-coming comics from across the UK.
BBC orders an ASMR comedy
Zen School of Motoring from battle-rapper Ogmios
23/02/2021 … The BBC has commissioned a new ‘meditative’ comedy based on the ASMR trend.
Kiri Pritchard-McLean writes an Old Vic monologue
Gaslighting piece to be performed by Susan Wokoma
23/02/2021 … Kiri Pritchard-McLean has written a ‘funny, dark and ultimately empowering monologue about gaslighting’ for London’s Old Vic Theatre.
© Domizia Salusest Kerry Godliman joins BBC's comedy about excluded pupils
PRU shows 'a world that isn't normally seen'
23/02/2021 … Kerry Godliman is to star in a BBC comedy series about unruly pupils who have been removed from mainstream education.