© Channel 4 Channel 4 travel series for Joe Wilkinson and Katherine Ryan
Comedians will seek out budget breaks
07/07/2022 … Joe Wilkinson and Katherine Ryan are to host a new Channel 4 travel series.
2022 News
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Thu 07 July 2022
© Channel 4 
Backlash after Roy Chubby Brown banned again
Council ruled offensive comic was 'incompatible' with their values
07/07/2022 … Roy Chubby Brown is at the centre of a new ‘culture wars’ row after being banned from performing in Lancashire.
Wed 06 July 2022
© BBC Bob Mortimer writes his first novel
The Satsuma Complex out in October
06/07/2022 … Bob Mortimer has written his first novel, called The Satsuma Complex.
Russell Kane: I used to self-harm
Comedian opens up about his irrational outburst of rage
06/07/2022 … Russell Kane has spoken for the first time about how he used to self-harm.
© UKTV Meet The Richardsons wins Broadcast Digital Award
Judges praise the 'fresh, clever and funny' format
06/07/2022 … Meet The Richardsons has been named best comedy at the Broadcast Digital Awards.
© Richard Ansett Joe Lycett's such an exhibitionist...
Comedian to present BBC show about the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition
06/07/2022 … Joe Lycett is to present a BBC programme about the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition.
BBC Studios signs up Jamie Demetriou
Stath Lets Flats creator to make more comedies for the Corporation
06/07/2022 … BBC Studios has signed up Stath Lets Flats creator Jamie Demetriou to develop a raft of new comedy programmes.
© BBC BBC orders apocalyptic hen night comedy
From Raised By Wolves writer Caroline Moran
06/07/2022 … The BBC has commissioned a new sitcom based on a hen night cruelly interrupted by an apocalypse.