Frank Skinner up for a top radio award
...for the show Absolute just axed
27/03/2024 … Frank Skinner has been nominated for the most prestigious awards in radio – days after he revealed his show had been axed.
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Wed 27 March 2024
© BBC Black Ops stars win at RTS Awards
Gongs, too, for Juice, Extraordinary, Big Boys and more
27/03/2024 … Black Ops stars Hammed Animashaun and Gbemisola Ikumelo both scooped gongs at the Royal Television Society Awards last night.
TV chiefs order 41 per cent less comedy
...and genre could be harder hit amid changes to BBC Three
27/03/2024 … TV commissioners are turning away from comedy – with a dizzying 41 per cent drop in the number of new shows ordered last year.
Julia Masli heads to New York
Off-Broadway run for her hit show ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
27/03/2024 … Julia Masli’s Edinburgh hit ha ha ha ha ha ha ha is heading to New York.
Tue 26 March 2024
New podcast for Rachel Parris and Marcus Brigstocke
Reviewing their everyday lives
26/03/2024 … Rachel Parris and Marcus Brigstocke are launching a new podcast in which the married comics review pretty much anything that's happened to them.
Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2024 kicks off
With almost 8,000 performances
26/03/2024 … The Melbourne International Comedy Festival has officially launched with more than 800 performers taking part in 7,800-plus individual performances of …
Jerry Sadowitz plans to revive The People Vs.
Comic's version of a talk show to be filmed and put online
26/03/2024 … The People Vs.
Dad’s Army Radio Show embarks on its sixth tour
The one dedicated to Ian Lavender
26/03/2024 … The Dad’s Army Radio Show is going out on its sixth tour.