BBC Wales orders topical panel show
Robin Morgan and Kiri Pritchard-McLean to host What Just Happened?
26/05/2023 … Robin Morgan and Kiri Pritchard-McLean are to front a new topical panel show for BBC Radio Wales.
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Fri 26 May 2023
© Jacqui Double A 'wake' for alternative comedy pioneer Tony Allen
Friends to celebrate comic's life as his health fails
26/05/2023 … Friends of alternative comedy pioneer Tony Allen are organising a farewell gig for him after he was diagnosed with cancer.
Thu 25 May 2023
John Cleese: I'm not cutting the Loretta scene from Life Of Brian show
Comic says the press misrepresented him
25/05/2023 … John Cleese has denied reports that the ‘Loretta’ scene is going to be cut from the stage version of Monty Python’s Life Of Brian for fear it’s…
Scala Radio’s Classical Comedy Club returns
With Gyles Brandreth, Josie Long, Suzi Ruffell and Nina Wadia
25/05/2023 … Scala Radio’s Classical Comedy Club is returning for a second series.
Mike Birbiglia to make his Edinburgh Fringe debut
Ahead of a West End run of The Old Man & The Pool
25/05/2023 … Mike Birbiglia is to bring his latest one-man show The Old Man & The Pool to the Edinburgh Fringe and the West End, it has been announced.
BBC Comedy launches regional partnership scheme for Wales
25/05/2023 … BBC Comedy has launched a second regional partnership scheme, this time in Wales, to encourage local talent.
Sitcom Geeks podcast to end
Dave Cohen and James Cary call time after eight years and 222 episods
25/05/2023 … Sitcom Geeks, the podcast for comedy writers, is to end after eight years.
Hotly-tipped comic talents get a BBC break
Broadcaster announces its Comedy Collective bursary winners
25/05/2023 … The BBC has today named ten promising comedy creatives to receive a ‘supercharged’ bursary to boost their work.