© BBC Black Ops named best TV comedy
Other Broadcast Awards for Joe Lycett, the Russell Brand investigation, and The 1% Club
08/02/2024 … Black Ops has been named best comedy at this year’s Broadcast Awards.
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Thu 08 February 2024
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Underbelly announces its first Fringe shows of 2024
Edinburgh gigs on sale already
08/02/2024 … Underbelly has announced its first tranche of shows for this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
Final Chortle Award nominees revealed
08/02/2024 … The final nominees in the 2024 Chortle Awards can now be revealed.
Russell Brand loses his bid to shut village pub
Sinister puppets of the military-industrial complex most likely orchestrating it all
08/02/2024 … It might not be the biggest issue on his mind, Russell Brand has lost his bid to turn his local pub into offices and a recording studio.
Wed 07 February 2024
© Ra Boe / Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0 Karen Gillan to play Mary Tudor in historical comedy
Guy Jenkin's Fool explores Queen's relationship with her jester
07/02/2024 … Karen Gillan is to play Mary Tudor in a new period comedy from Outnumbered co-writer Guy Jenkin.
© Matt Stronge Russell Hicks announces debut tour
About being an American in Britain
07/02/2024 … British-based American comic Russell Hicks has announced his first tour.
© BBC Romesh and his mum pilot ITV quiz show
Parental Guidance has Shanthi 'putting him in his place'
07/02/2024 … Romesh Ranganathan is working on an ITV comedy quiz show with his mum Shanthi.
Count Arthur Strong to present a one-man Christmas Carol
Dickens show to tour this winter
07/02/2024 … If it’s good enough for Eddie Izzard, it’s good enough for Count Arthur Strong… The chaotic thespian is to present his own one-man version…