E4 acquires Speechless
Minnie Driver's US comedy about a boy with cerebral palsy
08/02/2019 … Channel 4 has acquired all three seasons of the US comedy Speechless to air on E4.
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Fri 08 February 2019
© BBC/Endemol Shine Daily Mash sold for £1.2million
Satirical website that spawned The Mash Report
08/02/2019 … Satirical news website the Daily Mash, which inspired BBC Two’s The Mash Report, has been sold for £1.
Awards for Kevin Bridges and Michael McIntyre
...from the arenas they sold out
08/02/2019 … Kevin Bridges and Michael McIntyre have both won comedy awards – in a very exclusive pool.
Thu 07 February 2019
A lunar-tic idea
Comic Olaf Falafel plays 50 schools in 50 days to plug moon book
07/02/2019 … Comic Olaf Falafel is to perform in 50 schools in 50 days to mark the 50th anniversary of the moon landing.
Another book from David Mitchell
New collection of his Observer columns
07/02/2019 … David Mitchell is to release a second volume of his newspaper columns in time for Christmas.
John Thomson hailed a 'legend' at the NW Comedy Awards
07/02/2019 … John Thomson and Sarah Millican were among the winners at the North West Comedy Awards last night.
Wed 06 February 2019
© C4 Derry Girls scoops Broadcast Award
'An original take with excellent cast'
06/02/2019 … Derry Girls has been named best comedy at this year’s Broadcast Awards.
Simpsons renewed for two more seasons
Bringing the number of episodes up to 713
06/02/2019 … The Simpsons has been renewed for two more seasons – taking it to a mammoth 713 episodes.