Radio 4 comedy chief Sioned Wiliam stands down
Executive had been commissioner for seven years
14/01/2022 … Radio 4’s comedy commissioner Sioned Wiliam is to leave her role at the BBC.
2022 News
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Fri 14 January 2022
Comic George Foreacres cast as Hamlet
Daphne sketch performer to star at Shakespeare's Globe
14/01/2022 … He’s known for comedy fans as one third of sketch group Daphne, alongside Phil Wang and Jason Forbes.
Thu 13 January 2022
© Netflix Netflix remakes Murder In Successville
13/01/2022 … Netflix has made a new version of Murder In Successville, starring Will Arnett.
© Fox New trailer for America's This Country remake
Welcome To Flatch director Paul Feig says it has 'more humanity' than UK original
13/01/2022 … America’s Fox network has released a new trailer for Welcome To Flatch, the US remake of This Country.
© Manuel Harlan BBC to air The Play What I Wrote
Morecambe and Wise tribute with guest star Tom Hiddleston
13/01/2022 … The BBC is to air the Morecambe and Wise tribute The Play What I Wrote – with Tom Hiddleston as guest star.
© Scottish Parliament/CC BY-SA 3.0 Tory big beasts join Matt Forde
...as his West End residency continues
13/01/2022 … Conservative heavyweights Lord Michael Heseltine and Edwina Currie are to join Matt Forde in the West End residency of his Political Party show.
Pope's 'no-hold barred' memoir
Comic Lornegan shares his experiences of working in the care sector
13/01/2022 … Comedian Pope Lornegan has written a book about his near decade-long experience of working in care homes.
Wed 12 January 2022
© C4 Richard Ayoade joins Netflix's Roald Dahl series
Star cast in The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
12/01/2022 … Richard Ayoade has reportedly joined the cast of the Netflix adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar.