Sioned Wiliam set to clean up S4C
Former comedy executive takes over at troubled Welsh broadcaster
29/02/2024 … Former comedy commissioner Sioned Wiliam has been appointed interim chief executive of S4C.
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Thu 29 February 2024
More comics join Latitude 2024
Including Sam Campbell, Seann Walsh and Desiree Burch
29/02/2024 … Sam Campbell, Seann Walsh and Desiree Burch have been added to the line-up of this year’s Latitude festival.
© BBC/Hat Trick BBC 'planning Have I Got Sport For You'
Top comedians attached to HIGNFY spinoff
29/02/2024 … The BBC is working on a spin-off from Have I Got News For You – all about sport.
Celebrating the Comic Strip Presents
Richard Herring hosts screening and Q&A with Peter Richardson
29/02/2024 … The Comic Strip Presents films are to be celebrated at a special event in London next month.
© Johan Persson Paul Whitehouse reprises Granddad role
As Only Fools And Horses musical tours the UK
29/02/2024 … Paul Whitehouse is to reprise his role as Grandad in the touring version of Only Fools and Horses The Musical.
Wed 28 February 2024
© HBO Richard Lewis dies at 76
Pioneering stand-up and Curb Your Enthusiasm star
28/02/2024 … Richard Lewis, the hugely respected stand-up who played a fictionalised version of himself on Curb Your Enthusiasm, has died at the age of 76.
© Jiksaw Eshaan Akbar announces 2025 tour
New show for comic and Sex Education star
28/02/2024 … Eshaan Akbar has announced a new tour – a year in advance.
© Matt Crockett Cariad Lloyd joins R4's Round Britain Quiz
...where she will pit her wits against Paul Sinha
28/02/2024 … Cariad Lloyd is to become a contestant on Radio 4's Round Britain Quiz – taking on fellow comic, ITV Chaser and hardcore quizzer Paul Sinha.